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Recent Examples of majordomo
Guests rent out the full estate, which includes a dedicated majordomo, private chef, and housekeepers.
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Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Fresh off his San Vicente Bungalows run, Dimitri Dimitrov was back on hand as Tower Bar’s majordomo.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Sep. 2024
Alfred Molina, Ving Rhames, Toby Jones, and Paul Walter Hauser all drop by to add their touches to an underworld majordomo, a dogged BPD Special Ops officer, a political toady and Boston’s single dumbest thug, respectively.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2024
The majordomo returned and handed Boba a large bag.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2023
Jade Mountain offers a package to hike with your majordomo from the resort who will ensure your safety and comfort throughout the hike.
—James Barrett, Men's Health, 6 Apr. 2023
His devotees range from music superstars including Rihanna and A$AP Rocky to the art world majordomo Sterling Ruby.
—Vogue Runway, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2022
The revered majordomo died of a heart ailment in 1996 at age 82, at the Getty residence.
—James Reginato, Town & Country, 5 July 2022
Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Fresh off his San Vicente Bungalows run, Dimitri Dimitrov was back on hand as Tower Bar’s majordomo.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Sep. 2024
Alfred Molina, Ving Rhames, Toby Jones, and Paul Walter Hauser all drop by to add their touches to an underworld majordomo, a dogged BPD Special Ops officer, a political toady and Boston’s single dumbest thug, respectively.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2024
The majordomo returned and handed Boba a large bag.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2023
Jade Mountain offers a package to hike with your majordomo from the resort who will ensure your safety and comfort throughout the hike.
—James Barrett, Men's Health, 6 Apr. 2023
His devotees range from music superstars including Rihanna and A$AP Rocky to the art world majordomo Sterling Ruby.
—Vogue Runway, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2022
The revered majordomo died of a heart ailment in 1996 at age 82, at the Getty residence.
—James Reginato, Town & Country, 5 July 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for majordomo
Noun
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Despite being a British show, its lead characters — aside from the uber-posh, pink Rolls-Royce-owning London agent Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward and her rough 'n' ready butler, Parker — are all-American heroes.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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Inside, the couple meet a mismatch of eccentric characters, like biker Eddie (Meat Loaf), butler Riff-Rat (O'Brien) and doting aid Columbia (Nell Campbell).—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
Noun
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He is attended and aided by his faithful manservant, Graham, and sometimes assisted by another confidant, Dr. Thomas McConnell.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
25 June 2025
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These included a gentleman singing with his manservant on Mardi Gras, seven apprentices of a ribbon maker singing together, and a woman charged for singing while working in her house and yard, among many others.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
9 May 2025
Noun
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At one point, video appears to show the shop’s front doors lock the robbers inside, before one of them fires off several shots through the glass, allowing the group to escape to getaway cars parked in the lot’s valet area.—
Kyle Martin,
Mercury News,
26 Sep. 2025
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On Monday, a member of the group fired upon the door to escape before the thieves fled into six getaway vehicles in the valet area of the shopping mall -- several of which were reportedly stolen, police said.—
Mason Leath,
ABC News,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In his new memoir, The Royal Insider , former royal butler and footman Paul Burrell made the claim that Queen Elizabeth was diagnosed with bone marrow cancer shortly before her death.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
14 Sep. 2025
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Similarly, longtime Downton butler Mr. Carson (Jim Carter) was finally preparing to retire and hand the running of the home’s staff over to former footman Andy (Michael Fox).—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The pilot featured Charles Levin as Coco, a gay houseboy.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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The houseboy kept bringing food and water.—
Gillian Telling,
People.com,
6 Oct. 2024
Noun
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If dogs are our servants, cats are our shadows.—
Rebecca van Laer
September 30,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
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Beckett’s symbols of master and slave — the whip, the rope, the servant weighed down with baggage — are either mimed or cut and in doing so lose its real horror.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Destination franchise producer and steward Craig Perry and franchise veteran Sheila Hanahan Taylor are back producing, as are Jon Watts and his wife, Dianne McGunigle, along with Toby Emmerich.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Oct. 2025
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The Ferrari driver will be heading to the stewards to discuss the incident, which will likely lead to a financial penalty for the Maranello outfit.—
Lydia Mee,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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As punishment, the bride and groom have to watch every snap of San Diego State’s 6-3 win over NIU last week, every Saturday for the rest of the year.—
Stewart Mandel,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Some users noted that the brother and sister's wedding costs were divided in the same way, pointing out that in each case the groom's side of the family paid for the rehearsal dinner while the bride's side of the family paid for the wedding.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Majordomo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/majordomo. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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