seneschal

n. 管家

发音

其它 /ˈsɛnəʃəl/

词形变化

seneschals 复数 seneschals

别名

seneskal

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

    皇室总管

  2. 2.

    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.

    历史

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

major-domo

上位词 2

servant retainer

词源

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.

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