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(n.) An officer in the houses of princes and dignitaries, in the Middle Ages, who had the superintendence of feasts and domestic ceremonies; a steward. Sometimes the seneschal had the dispensing of justice, and was given high military commands.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Seneschal'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/seneschal.html. 1828.
 
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