seneschal

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noun

Plural noun:

seneschalsseneskal

1.
A steward, particularly (historical) one in charge of a medieval nobleman's estate.
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.

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stewardsteward See steward

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seneschalship seneschalty bailiffequivalent medieval office in northern France bailiff

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From Middle English seneschal (recorded in English since 1393), from Old French seneschal, from siniscalcus, from *siniskalk, from Proto-Germanic *siniskalkaz, from Proto-Germanic *siniz (senior) + *skalkaz (servant); latter term as in marshal. As an officer of the French crown, via French sénéchal.