majordomo
dʒərˈdoʊ noun, plural ma·jor-do·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.
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| —n , pl -mos | |
| 1. | the chief steward or butler of a great household |
| 2. | facetious a steward or butler |
| [C16: from Spanish mayordomo, from Medieval Latin mājor domūs head of the household] | |
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Majordomo
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major-domo
1580s, 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).
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Majordomo definition
messaging, toolA popular freeware mailing list processor written in Perl which runs under Unix. Majordomo is a "groupware" project which evolved from code by Brent Chapman
A majordomo is a person who speaks, makes arrangements, or takes charge for another; from Latin "major domus" - "master of the house".
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