major-domo
noun
a man in charge of a great household, as that of a sovereign; a chief steward.
major-domos
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pluralof major-domo.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Both ceremonies were slick enough, and McDonald and Odom proved to be charming major-domos.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 27, 2021
Little Fortune was interned at war's beginning, but he was not shipped to Canada on the ill-fated Arandora Star along with most of London's Italian major-domos.
From Time Magazine Archive
His table was always magnificently attended and served, with four major-domos or principal officers, a number of pages, and a great quantity of plate, both gold and silver.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 by Hamilton Wright Mabie
We must bring these major-domos to despair, and with a gnashing of teeth they shall acknowledge that in all things I am their master.
From The Daughter of an Empress by Nathaniel Greene
Then entered dwarf-stewards, and major-domos; aloft bearing twisted antlers; all hollowed out in goblets, grouped; announcing dinner.
From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II by Herman Melville
