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n. - The chief steward or butler of a great household.

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Usage examples (36)
  • But, lobsters and lollipops! it is a good thing the seneschal was a pompous fool.
  • Whereupon the queen called the seneschal and asked him who bawled so loud, and what was the occasion of the uproar.
  • They have raised concern at the power that continues to be wielded by unelected officials, including the island's judge, the "seneschal".
  •     "With the Argivians?" hiccoughed the seneschal.
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