English Dictionary

majordomo

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌmeɪ.dʒəˈdəʊ.məʊ/

名詞

アメリカ英語

The head servant or official in a royal Spanish or Italian household; later, any head servant in a wealthy household in a foreign country; a leading servant or butler.

日本語の意味

王族や貴族の屋敷における家政責任者、または主要な召使い / 裕福な家庭における家事の統括者、執事と同等の役割を持つ者

When the visiting dignitaries arrived, the majordomo arranged their rooms and outlined the household's strict protocol.

来賓が到着すると、その屋敷の執事長が客室を手配し、邸内の厳格な礼儀作法を説明した。

意味（1）

The head servant or official in a royal Spanish or Italian household; later, any head servant in a wealthy household in a foreign country; a leading servant or butler.

Pancho, the major-domo, came up to say that Colonel Morales was waiting below. Appleby bade him bring out cigars and wine, and rose from his seat when Morales came in.

意味（2）

(US, Southwest) A manager of a hacienda, ranch or estate.

She called upon a Missouri cousin named Edward Hardy Clark, who became the indispensable majordomo of the Hearst estate.

意味（3）

(chiefly US) Any overseer, organizer, person in command.

The United Nation's climate majordomo -- tasked with herding 192 nations toward a do-or-die deal by year's end -- does not have the power to impose an agreement on how to curb greenhouse gases and cope with its consequences.

majordomos （ plural ）