major-domo

1. 1.

   the chief steward or butler of a great household

   Synonymsseneschal

   Broaderservant

Questions about major-domo

What does major-domo mean?

major-domo means "the chief steward or butler of a great household".

How many syllables are in major-domo?

major-domo has 4 syllables: ma-jor--do-mo. The stress falls on "jor-".

What is another word for major-domo?

Close synonyms include seneschal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is major-domo a common word?

major-domo is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.