majordomo:
(plural: ‘majordomos‘; for the right pronunciation of this word, please click here)
Papal majordomo, holding an umbrella for the Pope
(mostly in former times and especially in Spain or Italy) a senior male servant in charge of the other staff members of a large house of a rich and powerful person, a rich lord or even the Pope;
(in the present usage) a butler;
a person in charge of the day-to-day affairs of a large business,
a majordomo (butler)
e.g.
The Papal Majordomo is the senior butler at the Pope’s household.
The hotel industry has several openings for qualified and trained majordomos.
It used to be customary for the rich estate owners to have majordomos overseeing their estates.
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