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seneschal
A steward, particularly (historical) one in charge of a medieval nobleman's estate.
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Beside stood seneschals, the appointed witnesses of the ensuing games.
[…] so the very keenest seneskal can't see no sign […]
(historical) An officer of the crown in late medieval and early modern France who served as a kind of governor and chief justice of the royal court in Normandy and Languedoc.