oeconomus
/iːˈkɒnəməs/Now historical
noun
A steward or manager of the properties and finances of a religious foundation or society; a steward of a college.
Origin
Early 16th century. From post-classical Latin oeconomus housekeeper, steward, administrator, especially of a religious foundation (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian; also economus, iconomus, and yconomus) from ancient Greek οἰκονόμος house-steward from οἶκος house + -νόμος, combining form from the stem of νέμειν to manage.
- not see further than one's (or the end of one's) nose
- not-seeing
- not see someone for dust
- not-self
- not sleep (or get) a wink (or not get a wink of sleep)
- not so dusty
- not someone's day
- not someone's idea of
- not so much —— as ——
- not stand (or have) an earthly
- not stand the ghost of a chance
- not suffer fools gladly
- nott
- not take kindly to
- not take no for an answer
- Nottaway
- not that
- not the full quid
- not the full shilling
- not the only pebble on the beach
- not-thereness
- not the sharpest knife in the drawer
- not the sharpest tool in the shed
- Nottingham
- Nottingham catchfly