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

There was a servant in the Datta household named Kousalya, who hated Hira because she was head servant and enjoyed the favour of the mistress.

From The Poison Tree A Tale of Hindu Life in Bengal by Knight, Miriam S.

Faliero could not tell; so he asked the head servant, who brought Antonio before the company.

From Pushing to the Front by Marden, Orison Swett