major-domon.

(in senses 1 and 4)Brit.

/ˌmeɪdʒəˈdəʊməʊ/, U.S.

/ˌmeɪdʒərˈdoʊmoʊ/ (in sense 3)Brit.

/ˌmɛːˈdəʊməʊ/,

/ˌmeɪəˈdəʊməʊ/, U.S.

/ˌmeɪərˈdoʊmoʊ/

Forms: 1500s maiordome, 1500s mayordome, 1500s–1600s maiordomo, 1600s major-dome, 1600s mayordom, 1600s– major-domo, 1600s– major domo, 1600s– mayordomo, 1700s– majordomo.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Spanish. Partly a borrowing from Italian. Etymons: Spanish mayordomo; Italian maggiordomo.

Etymology: < Spanish mayordomo (c1120) and Italian maggiordomo (13th cent.) chief official of a great household < post-classical Latin maior domus steward, servant in charge of household (late 4th cent.) < classical Latin maior principal (see major adj. and n.¹) + domūs , genitive singular of domus household, house (see dome n.). Compare Catalan majordom (13th cent.), Old Occitan majordome (14th cent.); Middle French majeur-dome (1596; earlier maiour dosme in sense ‘officer on a galley’ (1515); French majordome) is < Italian.The title became specifically associated with princely households in the 6th cent: Cassiodorus refers to the maiores domus regiae , a class of young Goths of noble families who held important positions at the court of the Ostrogoths (compare his use of maiores natu for ‘nobles’). It was given to the highest official of the Merovingian royal household: see Mayor of the Palace n. at mayor n. 4. Since it is recorded separately with reference to Vandals, Ostrogoths, Lombards, and Franks, it may perhaps in this use render a Germanic expression.

1. The chief official of an Italian or Spanish princely household. Subsequently also (in accordance with later Italian and Spanish use): the head servant of a wealthy household in a foreign country; a house-steward, a butler.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > holder of office > official of royal or great household > [noun] > chief

stewardc1000

constablea1240

seneschal1393

major-domo1589

court marshal1693

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > head servant or house steward

stewardc1000

spencea1300

spender1340

spencerc1380

maître d'hôtel1540

major-domo1589

dapifer1636

khansama1645

sirkar1772

maître d'1942

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. i. 2 How was it possible that Homer..should so exactly set foorth..as some great Princes maiordome..the order..of royal bankets [etc.]?

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. iv. 122 Maior-domo: in truth this word is borrowed of the Spaniard and Italian, and therefore new and not vsuall, but to them that are acquainted with the affaires of Court... A man might haue said in steade of Maior-domo..the right English word (Lord Steward).

1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres Gloss. 251 Mayordome, is with the Italian and Spaniard, the steward of a house; but in war he is the steward and Guardian of the munition for warre.

1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ iii. viii. 60 He is Mayordomo Lord steward to the Infante Cardinall.

1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ iii. xv. 72 As one to be his Mayordom, (his Steward) another to be master of the Horse.

1674 Govt. Tongue viii. §11 Whose designs are so humble, as not to aspire above a major-domo, or some such domestic preferment.

1692 London Gaz. No. 2820/3 The Marquis de la Puebla, Major-Dome to the King of Spain.

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 80 He and his Mayor Domo would go along with me.

1753 T. Smollett Ferdinand Count Fathom II. lxv. 268 The major-domo having waited several hours for his lord's return, without seeing him appear, thought proper to dispatch a messenger to don Manuel.

1798 G. Colman Blue-beard 35 Major-domo am I, Of this grand Family, My word through the Castle prevails.

1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto X lxx. 88 His Maggior Duomo, a smart, subtle Greek.]

1829 W. Scott Waverley (new ed.) I. ix. 88 The major domo, for such he was, and indisputably the second officer of state in the barony,..laid down his spade.

1834 C. Darwin Diary 16 Aug. (1988) 252 The Major Domo of the Hacienda was good enough to give me a guide.

1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic II. iii. v. 302 His major-domo had previously been permitted to furnish his master's table with provisions dressed by his own cook.

1872 Appletons' Jrnl. 20 Apr. 440/1 Among the great men of my childhood, I chiefly recall Ned, the major-domo—portly, quiet, profoundly respectful, but most consequential in his black dress.

1893 Overland Monthly May 524/2 They were at last very comfortably installed, having temporarily a Jamaica negro, on account of his English speech, in the kitchen, and a native major domo.

1905 Baroness Orczy Scarlet Pimpernel xi. 110 Suddenly there was a great stir on the handsome staircase, all conversation stopped for a moment as the major-domo's voice outside announced,—‘His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.’

1933 H. Allen Anthony Adverse I. i. ii. 18 Four lackeys bearing a man with a white object that stuck out straight before him were swaying up the stairs, marshalled by a bustling major-domo.

1991 Paris Rev. Fall 274 The Romer House was managed by Barbara, a housekeeper, and a majordomo.

†2. [Compare use of post-classical Latin maior domus in this sense in Orosius (5th cent., referring to Zacchaeus in Luke 19:9) and perhaps in later writers; however, the English uses probably represent independent developments from sense 1.] The master of the house. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > rule or government of family or tribe > head of family, tribe, or clan > [noun] > head of household

houselordOE

husbandOE

lordOE

goodmanc1275

husbandmanc1330

master1536

man of the house1539

housemaster1593

major-domo1649

house head1864

old baas1882

1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar Pref. [Mankind] were forced to divide their dwellings, and this they did by families especially, the great Father being the Major domo to all his minors.

1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar ii. vii. 34 God was the Major domo, the Master of those assemblies.

a1716 R. South 12 Serm. (1717) VI. 392 Let him have nothing to do with any House or Family (tho' never so great and so much in Power) where the Devil is Major Domo, and governs all.

3. U.S. [After American Spanish mayordomo.] In south-western States: an overseer on a farm, ranch, plantation, or mission. Also in New Mexico: the water-master or official in charge of irrigation.Also used of areas outside the United States (see quot. 1850).

ΚΠ

1834 in Calif. Hist. Soc. Q. (1929) 8 228 Four ranchos, each one made up of an Indian village, a house for the mayordomo directing it, [etc.].

1836 D. B. Edward Hist. Texas ix. 291 Having thus glanced at the Major domo, we shall take a peek at his Locum tenens.

1850 De Bow's Rev. Dec. 666 The suppression of the office of major-domo would have..the happy effect of introducing beneficial changes in the management of sugar plantations [sc. in the West Indies].

1885 Harper's Mag. Apr. 692/2 The acequias are public works, and in each place are under the control of the highly important local official called the major domo.

1885 Overland Monthly Nov. 476/2 The major-domos were to be mere servants... They were to take care of the property of the ex-missions; to compel the Indians to assist in community labors;..keep and remit accounts of products [etc.].

1902 F. H. Newell Irrigation in U.S. 107 He is usually known as the ‘water master’ or ‘ditch-rider’; or, in Spanish-speaking communities as majordomo.

1910 J. Hart Vigilante Girl xiv. 195 Arthur's chair was taken to the portal, where they found the major-domo and a group of vaqueros waiting.

1948 P. Johnston Lost & Living Cities Calif. Gold Rush p. ii The precious metal was found..by Francisco López, majordomo of San Gabriel Mission, in Placerita Canyon.

1961 Amer. Heritage Bk. Indians 333/2 The mayordomos at ranches and missions had to reply that there were only Indians available to work as vaqueros.

1992 New Mexico Aug. 77 On August 11, the image is carried to the home of a new Mayordomo in a ceremony called La Entrega.

4. Originally and chiefly U.S. A general organizer or overseer.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > superintendent > supervisor or overseer

overseera1382

warden1398

surveyorc1440

supervisorc1454

seer1498

supravisor1573

superviser1616

curator1632

curate1648

overvisor1653

surviewer1783

major-domo1835

boss boy1906

monitor1922

incharge1956

1835 F. Warriner Cruise U.S. Frigate Potomac xxv. 309 At a subsequent visit to the city I went to the silver mill, and saw the process of extracting the metal from the ore. A number of peons were at work, and I had opportunity to converse at leisure, with the master and major domo of the establishment.

1935 J. Steinbeck Tortilla Flat xiv. 253 Not long after that he was mayordomo of the squid yard.

1947 C. Amory Proper Bostonians xii. 284 At the debutante balls of the early 1900's old Colonel William Sohier, self-appointed major-domo for all First Family debuts, was the all-time terror of the Boston press.

1992 Golf Monthly Nov. 99 We met with Brigadier General Critchley—the major-domo of British golf.

Derivatives

ˈmajor-ˈdomoing n. service as a major-domo.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1991 J. Joseph Beached Boats 25 She must..have seemed like one of this current batch of faithful-dog hangers-on wanting to be the one most useful to his major-domo-ing of the occasion.

ˈmajor-ˈdomoship n. the office of major-domo.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > holder of office > official of royal or great household > [noun] > chief > position of

seneschalship1580

major-domoshipa1681

a1681 T. Raymond Autobiogr. (1917) 48 Having gott rid of the maiordomoshipp..my life was here very pleasant.

1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund I. 87 When the uncle of the house served any majordomoship [Sp. servia alguna mayordomia].

1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 30 Jan. 6/1 A successor to whom he could hand over the Imperial Major-domoship.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	major-domo
释义	major-domon. (in senses 1 and 4)Brit. /ˌmeɪdʒəˈdəʊməʊ/, U.S. /ˌmeɪdʒərˈdoʊmoʊ/ (in sense 3)Brit. /ˌmɛːˈdəʊməʊ/, /ˌmeɪəˈdəʊməʊ/, U.S. /ˌmeɪərˈdoʊmoʊ/ Forms: 1500s maiordome, 1500s mayordome, 1500s–1600s maiordomo, 1600s major-dome, 1600s mayordom, 1600s– major-domo, 1600s– major domo, 1600s– mayordomo, 1700s– majordomo. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Spanish. Partly a borrowing from Italian. Etymons: Spanish mayordomo; Italian maggiordomo. Etymology: < Spanish mayordomo (c1120) and Italian maggiordomo (13th cent.) chief official of a great household < post-classical Latin maior domus steward, servant in charge of household (late 4th cent.) < classical Latin maior principal (see major adj. and n.¹) + domūs , genitive singular of domus household, house (see dome n.). Compare Catalan majordom (13th cent.), Old Occitan majordome (14th cent.); Middle French majeur-dome (1596; earlier maiour dosme in sense ‘officer on a galley’ (1515); French majordome) is < Italian.The title became specifically associated with princely households in the 6th cent: Cassiodorus refers to the maiores domus regiae , a class of young Goths of noble families who held important positions at the court of the Ostrogoths (compare his use of maiores natu for ‘nobles’). It was given to the highest official of the Merovingian royal household: see Mayor of the Palace n. at mayor n. 4. Since it is recorded separately with reference to Vandals, Ostrogoths, Lombards, and Franks, it may perhaps in this use render a Germanic expression. 1. The chief official of an Italian or Spanish princely household. Subsequently also (in accordance with later Italian and Spanish use): the head servant of a wealthy household in a foreign country; a house-steward, a butler. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > official of royal or great household > [noun] > chief stewardc1000 constablea1240 seneschal1393 major-domo1589 court marshal1693 society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > head servant or house steward stewardc1000 spencea1300 spender1340 spencerc1380 maître d'hôtel1540 major-domo1589 dapifer1636 khansama1645 sirkar1772 maître d'1942 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. i. 2 How was it possible that Homer..should so exactly set foorth..as some great Princes maiordome..the order..of royal bankets [etc.]? 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. iv. 122 Maior-domo: in truth this word is borrowed of the Spaniard and Italian, and therefore new and not vsuall, but to them that are acquainted with the affaires of Court... A man might haue said in steade of Maior-domo..the right English word (Lord Steward). 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres Gloss. 251 Mayordome, is with the Italian and Spaniard, the steward of a house; but in war he is the steward and Guardian of the munition for warre. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ iii. viii. 60 He is Mayordomo Lord steward to the Infante Cardinall. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ iii. xv. 72 As one to be his Mayordom, (his Steward) another to be master of the Horse. 1674 Govt. Tongue viii. §11 Whose designs are so humble, as not to aspire above a major-domo, or some such domestic preferment. 1692 London Gaz. No. 2820/3 The Marquis de la Puebla, Major-Dome to the King of Spain. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 80 He and his Mayor Domo would go along with me. 1753 T. Smollett Ferdinand Count Fathom II. lxv. 268 The major-domo having waited several hours for his lord's return, without seeing him appear, thought proper to dispatch a messenger to don Manuel. 1798 G. Colman Blue-beard 35 Major-domo am I, Of this grand Family, My word through the Castle prevails. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto X lxx. 88 His Maggior Duomo, a smart, subtle Greek.] 1829 W. Scott Waverley (new ed.) I. ix. 88 The major domo, for such he was, and indisputably the second officer of state in the barony,..laid down his spade. 1834 C. Darwin Diary 16 Aug. (1988) 252 The Major Domo of the Hacienda was good enough to give me a guide. 1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic II. iii. v. 302 His major-domo had previously been permitted to furnish his master's table with provisions dressed by his own cook. 1872 Appletons' Jrnl. 20 Apr. 440/1 Among the great men of my childhood, I chiefly recall Ned, the major-domo—portly, quiet, profoundly respectful, but most consequential in his black dress. 1893 Overland Monthly May 524/2 They were at last very comfortably installed, having temporarily a Jamaica negro, on account of his English speech, in the kitchen, and a native major domo. 1905 Baroness Orczy Scarlet Pimpernel xi. 110 Suddenly there was a great stir on the handsome staircase, all conversation stopped for a moment as the major-domo's voice outside announced,—‘His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.’ 1933 H. Allen Anthony Adverse I. i. ii. 18 Four lackeys bearing a man with a white object that stuck out straight before him were swaying up the stairs, marshalled by a bustling major-domo. 1991 Paris Rev. Fall 274 The Romer House was managed by Barbara, a housekeeper, and a majordomo. †2. [Compare use of post-classical Latin maior domus in this sense in Orosius (5th cent., referring to Zacchaeus in Luke 19:9) and perhaps in later writers; however, the English uses probably represent independent developments from sense 1.] The master of the house. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > rule or government of family or tribe > head of family, tribe, or clan > [noun] > head of household houselordOE husbandOE lordOE goodmanc1275 husbandmanc1330 master1536 man of the house1539 housemaster1593 major-domo1649 house head1864 old baas1882 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar Pref. [Mankind] were forced to divide their dwellings, and this they did by families especially, the great Father being the Major domo to all his minors. 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar ii. vii. 34 God was the Major domo, the Master of those assemblies. a1716 R. South 12 Serm. (1717) VI. 392 Let him have nothing to do with any House or Family (tho' never so great and so much in Power) where the Devil is Major Domo, and governs all. 3. U.S. [After American Spanish mayordomo.] In south-western States: an overseer on a farm, ranch, plantation, or mission. Also in New Mexico: the water-master or official in charge of irrigation.Also used of areas outside the United States (see quot. 1850). ΚΠ 1834 in Calif. Hist. Soc. Q. (1929) 8 228 Four ranchos, each one made up of an Indian village, a house for the mayordomo directing it, [etc.]. 1836 D. B. Edward Hist. Texas ix. 291 Having thus glanced at the Major domo, we shall take a peek at his Locum tenens. 1850 De Bow's Rev. Dec. 666 The suppression of the office of major-domo would have..the happy effect of introducing beneficial changes in the management of sugar plantations [sc. in the West Indies]. 1885 Harper's Mag. Apr. 692/2 The acequias are public works, and in each place are under the control of the highly important local official called the major domo. 1885 Overland Monthly Nov. 476/2 The major-domos were to be mere servants... They were to take care of the property of the ex-missions; to compel the Indians to assist in community labors;..keep and remit accounts of products [etc.]. 1902 F. H. Newell Irrigation in U.S. 107 He is usually known as the ‘water master’ or ‘ditch-rider’; or, in Spanish-speaking communities as majordomo. 1910 J. Hart Vigilante Girl xiv. 195 Arthur's chair was taken to the portal, where they found the major-domo and a group of vaqueros waiting. 1948 P. Johnston Lost & Living Cities Calif. Gold Rush p. ii The precious metal was found..by Francisco López, majordomo of San Gabriel Mission, in Placerita Canyon. 1961 Amer. Heritage Bk. Indians 333/2 The mayordomos at ranches and missions had to reply that there were only Indians available to work as vaqueros. 1992 New Mexico Aug. 77 On August 11, the image is carried to the home of a new Mayordomo in a ceremony called La Entrega. 4. Originally and chiefly U.S. A general organizer or overseer. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > superintendent > supervisor or overseer overseera1382 warden1398 surveyorc1440 supervisorc1454 seer1498 supravisor1573 superviser1616 curator1632 curate1648 overvisor1653 surviewer1783 major-domo1835 boss boy1906 monitor1922 incharge1956 1835 F. Warriner Cruise U.S. Frigate Potomac xxv. 309 At a subsequent visit to the city I went to the silver mill, and saw the process of extracting the metal from the ore. A number of peons were at work, and I had opportunity to converse at leisure, with the master and major domo of the establishment. 1935 J. Steinbeck Tortilla Flat xiv. 253 Not long after that he was mayordomo of the squid yard. 1947 C. Amory Proper Bostonians xii. 284 At the debutante balls of the early 1900's old Colonel William Sohier, self-appointed major-domo for all First Family debuts, was the all-time terror of the Boston press. 1992 Golf Monthly Nov. 99 We met with Brigadier General Critchley—the major-domo of British golf. Derivatives ˈmajor-ˈdomoing n. service as a major-domo.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1991 J. Joseph Beached Boats 25 She must..have seemed like one of this current batch of faithful-dog hangers-on wanting to be the one most useful to his major-domo-ing of the occasion. ˈmajor-ˈdomoship n. the office of major-domo. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > official of royal or great household > [noun] > chief > position of seneschalship1580 major-domoshipa1681 a1681 T. Raymond Autobiogr. (1917) 48 Having gott rid of the maiordomoshipp..my life was here very pleasant. 1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund I. 87 When the uncle of the house served any majordomoship [Sp. servia alguna mayordomia]. 1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 30 Jan. 6/1 A successor to whom he could hand over the Imperial Major-domoship. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1589
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