Seneschal

noun

/ˈsɛnəʃəl/

Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.nounA steward, particularly one in charge of a medieval nobleman's estate.

2.nounAn officer of the crown in late medieval and early modern France who served as a kind of governor and chief justice of the royal court in Normandy and Languedoc.

Synonyms

steward major-domo seneschalty seneskal seneschalship seneschalsy esquire squire bailiff provost seigneur signieur

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