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seneschals

seneschals is the plural of seneschal.

Meaning of seneschal

Noun

seneschal (plural seneschals)

  1. A steward, particularly (historical) one in charge of a medieval nobleman's estate.
    • Beside stood seneschals, the appointed witnesses of the ensuing games.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 131
    Synonyms:
    steward
  2. (historical) 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.

Questions about seneschals

What is seneschals the plural of?
Seneschals is the plural of seneschal.

Words near seneschals in the dictionary

  1. senescent
  2. senesces
  3. seneschal
  4. seneschallies
  5. seneschally
  6. seneschals
  7. seneschalship
  8. seneschalships
  9. seneschalsies
  10. seneschalsy
  11. seneschalties

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