seneschal

Significat (Anglès)

1. A steward, particularly (historical) one in charge of a medieval nobleman's estate.
2. (historical) An 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.

Conceptes

senescal

majordom

trinxant

Sinònims

major-domo

butler

steward

maitre d’hotel

majordomo

captain

Lord High Steward

maitre d’

pantryman

headwaiter

Traduccions

sénéchal

senescal

Seneschall

Truchsess

mordomo

siniscalco

maggiordomo

dapifer

baljuw

drost

drossaard

mayordomo

Gutsverwalter

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈsɛnəʃəl/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: seneschal

In summary

From Middle English seneschal (recorded in English since 1393), from Old French seneschal, from Medieval Latin siniscalcus, from Frankish *siniskalk, from Proto-Germanic *siniskalkaz, from Proto-Germanic *siniz (“senior”) + *skalkaz (“servant”); latter term as in marshal. As an officer of the French crown, via French sénéchal.