majordomo

• “The majordomo was a tall, blue-skinned Bolian dressed in a tuxedo, and he seemed eminently above it all and bored with it at the same time.”

  Simon & Schuster: ROGUE SAUCER

• “The majordomo was a high-ranking slave who had the duty of relaying the Queen's orders when it came to whom she would see and whom she would not.”

  If I Pay Thee Not In Gold

• “Upon that she related that the majordomo had given orders to the Bargello, and that I should certainly be taken up: only, if I would not harbour her son, I might square accounts by paying her a hundred crowns; the majordomo was her crony, and I might rest assured that she could work him to her liking, provided I paid down the hundred crowns.”

  LXI

• “Bargello, and that I should certainly be taken up: only, if I would not harbour her son, I might square accounts by paying her a hundred crowns; the majordomo was her crony, and I might rest assured that she could work him to her liking, provided I paid down the hundred crowns.”

  Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini

• “Below stairs, so to speak, is a parallel contest — in fact, the novel's dominant rivalry — between the ambitious young assistants of each powerful man: Jeric ó , who becomes underchief to Carrera; and Josu é , who rises to become a kind of majordomo to the titan Monroy.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Intellectual Intrigue in Mexico City

• “I thought that a “man’s man” was either a gay guy’s lover – or one of those traditional forms of help – otherwise known as a majordomo, butler, whatever.”

  David Beckham…top stud! Just, ask me.com « Julian Ayrs & Pop Culture

• “I thought that a “man’s man” was either a gay guy’s lover – or one of those traditional forms of help – otherwise known as a majordomo, butler, ...”

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• “Lord Hauksberg's valet just called the majordomo here.”

  Ensign Flandry

• “Mr. Brooks was her aging but entirely capable personal assistant or, as she liked to call him, her majordomo, since both he and the word seemed to hail from a more gracious, bygone era.”

  Simon & Schuster: Fatal Error

• “On Tuesday, Paco learned that his friend Victor, majordomo for thirty years with the Tabors, had been let go.”

  Simon & Schuster: Three Stages of Amazement

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