major-domo

Example Sentences

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Proteins, of course; RNA acts as the major-domo, a bridge between the castes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

Over nearly three hours, stories spill out, with Safi, played warmly by superb Ammar Haj Ahmad, acting as a self-appointed major-domo.

From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 2023

Chad Kelderman is deliciously ridiculous as Olivia’s pompous major-domo Malvolio, and Eric Ray Anderson gleefully cavorts as the sly party dog Sir Toby Belch.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 17, 2019

So a man called Bellamy — or is it his doppelgänger, Bollany? — accompanies Swan on the piano and serves as his awkward, temporizing major-domo.

From New York Times • May 2, 2019

Donovan marveled, “What are they doing? That’s what I want to know. It looks like the Virginia reel—and Dave’s a major-domo, or I never saw one.”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov