head servant

Example Sentences

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Bib Fortuna: Jabba the Hutt’s majordomo — or head servant — who took over his master’s criminal empire upon his death.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2022

Anna’s head servant, who lived next door, came out, and Ernest asked her, “Do you know where Anna is?”

From The New Yorker • Mar. 1, 2017

“I see Rigoletto as a major-domo in the entourage of a powerful Mussolini type. Rigoletto is kind of a head servant, like Carson from ‘Downton Abbey.’

From Seattle Times • Dec. 31, 2013

Two or three weeks passed and no wife appeared, so I inquired of my cook and head servant what had become of Yasaku's wife.

From Japanese Girls and Women Revised and Enlarged Edition by Bacon, Alice Mabel

The head servant, who performs the duty of butler, and purchases all the food for the family, is called a rhansaman.

From Norman Vallery or, How to Overcome Evil with Good by Kingston, William Henry Giles