How To Use Major-domo In A Sentence
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In a nineteenth-century South American setting, De Flores was a major-domo of slave stock, and his resentments, sexual and social, drove the action forward.
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There are four openings provided for the passage of food and other necessaries, guarded from within and without, on the exterior by the authority of the marshal and major-domo, on the interior by the prelate assigned to this duty by the three cardinals mentioned above, representative of the three cardinalitial orders.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery
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The seneschal began presumably by being the major-domo of the German barbarian princes who settled in the empire, and was therefore the predecessor of the mayors of the palace of the Merovingian kings.
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It looks to me as if he's training to be a major-domo at someone's embassy.
THE AMBASSADOR'S WOMEN
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It was doddering old Nilgir Sumanand, Prestimion's aide-de-camp and major-domo.
LORD PRESTIMION
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In the course of these preparations, the last person who was disturbed, excepting the physician himself, was the knight of Scotland, whom, about three in the morning, a sort of major-domo, or master of the household, acquainted that he must arise.
The Talisman
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I can imagine a young ant getting a severe earwigging from one of the major-domos for its stupidity.
The Naturalist in Nicaragua
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And then, about ten days after I had started galloping her, a couple of Ruski staff captains jingled into the courtyard one morning, to be followed by a large horse-sled, and shortly afterwards comes the Count's major-domo to East and me, presenting his apologies, and chivvying us off to our rooms.
The Sky Writer
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He was hesitating when a major-domo, appearing from heaven knows where, came up to him in silence, took his hat out of his hands, and without asking for his name murmured:
Maigret in Society
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The White House major-domo glowered as the elderly black waitress wept quietly while serving.
The Cobra by Frederick Forsyth
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May it be a long war, thinks I, watching her bouncing out of sight, and then my attention was taken by the major-domo, muttering the eternal "Pajalsta, excellence," and leading me up the broad, creaky staircase, along a turning passage, and finally halting at a broad door.
The Sky Writer
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Hildegardé was, unusually enough, actually acting like a major-domo.
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I was almost relieved when the household major-domo materialised from somewhere to bow and request her presence.
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Bush was instead the president as major-domo: a succession of patrons from Richard Nixon to Ronald Reagan had found uses for his excellent manners and his obliging nature in subordinate roles and then had left him to manage the national estate just as the bills were coming due.
America Changes The Guard
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Malvolio (Des McAleer) is a haughty major-domo, but where is his festering self-love and manic insecurity?
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The mom and dad need an assistant as much as the kids need a nanny, so I like to think of my job title as major-domo.
Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Stand-Up Nanny
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We call this place the 'United Nations' for weddings," said Ben Sarfarazi, Martin's affable major-domo, who himself hails from Iran.
As diversity grows, Md. catering hall becomes a 'United Nations for weddings'
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There's also Zazu, the royal family's major-domo, a gabby hornbill spouting unsolicited wisdom.
A Magic Kingdom
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It turned out that Grace had lots of malaises, and what she needed was not so much a paid companion but an insomniac army of major-domos, footmen, servants, nurses, and dogsbodies.
The Devil's Bedpost
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Which I'm bound to say we did - mind you, our association wasn't a long one, but while it lasted I thoroughly enjoyed myself, playing major-domo in his household, for that's what it amounted to, as I soon discovered.
Fiancée
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Up the main steps they went to the open main door where an imposing major-domo took the invitations.
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He grinned back and gave me a mock-salute, much less reverent than the black-suited major-domo inside, who bid me good morning with gravity.
WHISTLER IN THE DARK
