Majordomo, the Glossary
A majordomo is a person who speaks, makes arrangements, or takes charge for another.[1]
Table of Contents
25 relations: Acequia, Butler, Castellan, Catalan language, Chamberlain (office), Chief of staff, Chief operating officer, Concierge, Consigliere, Dynasty (1981 TV series), Executive officer, Galician language, Hispanos of New Mexico, Kouropalates, Maître d'hôtel, Magnum, P.I., Mayor of the palace, Papal majordomo, Romanian language, Seneschal, Sitcom, Steward (office), The Beverly Hillbillies, Underboss, Valet.
- Court titles
- Domestic work
Acequia
An acequia or is a community-operated watercourse used in Spain and former Spanish colonies in the Americas for irrigation.
Butler
A butler is a person who works in a house serving and is a domestic worker in a large household. Majordomo and butler are domestic work.
Castellan
A castellan, or constable, was the governor of a castle in medieval Europe. Majordomo and castellan are domestic work.
Catalan language
Catalan (or; autonym: català), known in the Valencian Community and Carche as Valencian (autonym: valencià), is a Western Romance language.
See Majordomo and Catalan language
Chamberlain (office)
A chamberlain (Medieval Latin: cambellanus or cambrerius, with charge of treasury camerarius) is a senior royal official in charge of managing a royal household. Majordomo and chamberlain (office) are Court titles.
See Majordomo and Chamberlain (office)
Chief of staff
The title chief of staff (or head of staff) identifies the leader of a complex organization such as the armed forces, institution, or body of persons and it also may identify a principal staff officer (PSO), who is the coordinator of the supporting staff or a primary aide-de-camp to an important individual, such as a president, or a senior military officer, or leader of a large organization.
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Chief operating officer
A chief operating officer (COO) (or chief operations officer) is an executive in charge of the daily operations of an organization (i.e. personnel, resources, and logistics).
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Concierge
A concierge is an employee of a multi-tenant building, such as a hotel or apartment building, who receives guests.
Consigliere
Consigliere (plural is a position within the leadership structure of the Sicilian, Calabrian, and Italian-American Mafia.
Dynasty (1981 TV series)
Dynasty is an American prime time television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 12, 1981, to May 11, 1989.
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Executive officer
An executive officer is a person who is principally responsible for leading all or part of an organization, although the exact nature of the role varies depending on the organization.
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Galician language
Galician (galego), also known as Galego, is a Western Ibero-Romance language.
See Majordomo and Galician language
Hispanos of New Mexico
The Hispanos of New Mexico, also known as Neomexicanos (Neomexicano) or Nuevomexicanos, are Hispanic residents originating in the historical region of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, today the US state of New Mexico (Nuevo México), southern Colorado, and other parts of the Southwestern United States including Arizona, Nevada, Texas, and Utah.
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Kouropalates
Kouropalatēs, Latinized as curopalates or curopalata (κουροπαλάτης, from cura palatii " charge of the palace").
See Majordomo and Kouropalates
Maître d'hôtel
The paren), head waiter, host, waiter captain, or maître d manages the public part, or "front of the house", of a formal restaurant. The responsibilities of a maître d'hôtel generally include supervising the waiting staff, welcoming guests and assigning tables to them, taking reservations, and ensuring that guests are satisfied.
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Magnum, P.I.
Magnum, P.I. is an American crime drama television series starring Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a private investigator (P.I.) living on Oahu, Hawaii.
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Mayor of the palace
Under the Merovingian dynasty, the mayor of the palace or majordomo.
See Majordomo and Mayor of the palace
Papal majordomo
The papal majordomo or chief steward of the household of the pope is one of the three (formerly four) palatine prelates (prelati palatini), concerning whom particulars have been given in the article maestro di camera.
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Romanian language
Romanian (obsolete spelling: Roumanian; limba română, or românește) is the official and main language of Romania and Moldova.
See Majordomo and Romanian language
Seneschal
The word seneschal can have several different meanings, all of which reflect certain types of supervising or administering in a historic context. Majordomo and seneschal are Court titles.
Sitcom
A sitcom (a shortening of situation comedy, or situational comedy) is a genre of comedy centred on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode.
Steward (office)
A steward is an official who is appointed by the legal ruling monarch to represent them in a country and who may have a mandate to govern it in their name; in the latter case, it is synonymous with the position of regent, vicegerent, viceroy, king's lieutenant (for Romance languages), governor, or deputy (the Roman rector, praefectus, or vicarius).
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The Beverly Hillbillies
The Beverly Hillbillies is an American television sitcom that was broadcast on CBS from 1962 to 1971.
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Underboss
Underboss (sottocapo) is a position within the leadership structure of certain organized crime groups as criminal mastermind, particularly in Sicilian, Greek, and Italian-American Mafia crime families.
Valet
A valet or varlet is a male servant who serves as personal attendant to his employer. Majordomo and valet are domestic work.
See also
Court titles
- Agha (title)
- Al-Dawla
- Archiater
- Camerlengo
- Chamber Woman
- Chamberlain (office)
- Chief Court Mistress
- Cohors amicorum
- Comes
- Count palatine
- Counts palatine
- Court Jew
- Courtier
- Cup-bearers
- Dragoman
- Druzhina
- Emir
- Ethiopian aristocratic and court titles
- Great Officers of State
- Hofmarschall
- Janab
- Kapitan Cina
- Keeper of the Seals
- Khatun
- Kumar (title)
- Ladies-in-waiting
- Lord Chamberlain (Norway)
- Maid of the Bedchamber
- Majordomo
- Mir (title)
- Mirza (name)
- Mostowfi ol-Mamalek (title)
- Obersthofmeister
- Okolnichy
- Principal (Catholic Church)
- Rabshakeh
- Raja
- Rajas
- Retinue
- Sahib
- Sediari
- Seneschal
- Shahs
- Somali aristocratic and court titles
- Stolnik
- Sumilher da cortina
- Valet de chambre
- Viziers
Domestic work
- Amah (occupation)
- Amanuensis
- Au pair
- Ayahs' Home
- Bedder
- Between maid
- Boot boy
- Butler
- Castellan
- Châtelain
- Charwoman
- Cleaner
- Convention on Domestic Workers
- Cook (domestic worker)
- Damo (Korea)
- Det Kvindelige Velgørende Selskab
- Domestic Worker's Bill of Rights
- Domestic workers
- Footman
- Global care chain
- Governess
- Great house
- Hall boy
- Handmaiden
- Handyman
- Houseboy
- Housekeeper (domestic worker)
- Housemaid Debate
- Kitchen maid (domestic worker)
- Lackey (manservant)
- Lady's maid
- Maid
- Majordomo
- Migrant domestic workers
- Mui tsai
- Nanny
- Nursemaid
- Page (servant)
- Sällskapet till belöning för trotjänare
- Semi-basement
- Seneschal of Anjou
- Servants' hall
- Servants' quarters
- Stockholm Town Housemaid School
- The Sociology of Housework
- Useful man
- Valet
- Washerwoman
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majordomo
Also known as Maggiordomo, Major domo, Major-domo, Majordoma, Majordomo (domestic staff), Mayordoma, Mordomo.