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ma⋅jor-do⋅mo

  [mey-jer-doh-moh]
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–noun, plural -mos.
1. a man in charge of a great household, as that of a sovereign; a chief steward.
2. a steward or butler.
3. a person who makes arrangements for another.
Origin:
1580–90; < Sp mayordomo < ML majordomūs head of the house, equiv. to major major + domūs, gen. of domus house; see dome
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Word Origin & History

major-domo 
1589, via It. maggiordomo or Sp. mayordomo, from M.L. major domus "chief of the household," also "mayor of the palace" under the Merovingians, from L. major "greater" + gen. of domus "house" (see domestic).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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