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
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
“He’s the major-domo, and put that in all caps,” Giuliani said.
From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2016
When Lucy finally arrives at the castle, Myron Olderglough, the major-domo of Jeeves-like elegance, brings Lucy into the mysteries of Baron Von Aux, who has descended into bestial madness since the baroness disappeared.
From Washington Post • Sep. 10, 2015
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
