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

Edith, who being now the head servant of many instead of three was more than double as hard-worked as she used to be, was on her feet those last few days without stopping.

From Christopher and Columbus by Elizabeth

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