majordomo

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The head servant or official in a royal Spanish or Italian household; later, any head servant in a wealthy household in a foreign country; a leading servant or butler.

   “Pancho, the major-domo, came up to say that Colonel Morales was waiting below. Appleby bade him bring out cigars and wine, and rose from his seat when Morales came in.”

2. isim A manager of a hacienda, ranch or estate.

   “She called upon a Missouri cousin named Edward Hardy Clark, who became the indispensable majordomo of the Hearst estate.”

3. isim Any overseer, organizer, person in command.

   “The United Nation's climate majordomo -- tasked with herding 192 nations toward a do-or-die deal by year's end -- does not have the power to impose an agreement on how to curb greenhouse gases and cope with its consequences.”