Truchsess

Meaning

steward of a princely household, sewer

Concepts

steward

seneschal

butler

majordomo

Stolnik

Lord High Steward

Synonyms

Gutsverwalter

Hausverwalter

Seneschall

Translations

senescal

trinxant

sénéchal

baljuw

senescal

drost

drossaard

mordomo

majordom

ortaçağda büyük evlerdeki kahya

écuyer

tranchant

maître d’hôtel

siniscalco

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtʁʊxzɛs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: truhtsæze

In summary

From Middle High German truhtsæze (“steward”), from Old High German truhtsāzzo, compound of trucht (“host”) + sazzo (“one who sits”). The first part goes back to Proto-Germanic *druhtiz (“troop”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- (“to support”). Doublet of Drost (“reeve, bailiff”).