major-domo
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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
Both ceremonies were slick enough, and McDonald and Odom proved to be charming major-domos.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 27, 2021
Little Fortune was interned at war's beginning, but he was not shipped to Canada on the ill-fated Arandora Star along with most of London's Italian major-domos.
From Time Magazine Archive
These houses, which are often very imposing and palatial, are intended only for the residence of the owners of the estate and their major-domos or superintendents.
From The Mayas, the Sources of Their History Dr. Le Plongeon in Yucatan, His Account of Discoveries by Salisbury, Stephen
His table was always magnificently attended and served, with four major-domos or principal officers, a number of pages, and a great quantity of plate, both gold and silver.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
They had their major-domos, their gentlemen of the bedchamber, their grand equerries, and other officers of rank.
From History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies by Prescott, William Hickling
