English Explanatory Dictionary

mayor of the palace

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In the Merovingian kingdoms, the king’s steward and, by the 7th century, de facto regent.

Word forms

mayor of the palace mayors of the palace

Etymology

Calque of Medieval Latin maior palātiī.

Synonyms

mayor steward seneschal
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