seneschalとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English seneschal (recorded in English since 1393), from Old French seneschal, from Medieval Latin siniscalcus, from Frankish *siniskalk, from Proto-Germanic *siniskalkaz, from Proto-Germanic *siniz (“senior”) + *skalkaz (“servant”); latter term as in marshal. As an officer of the French crown, via French sénéchal.

発音

• enPR: sĕnʹə-shəl IPA^(key): /ˈsɛnəʃəl/
• ハイフネーション: sen‧e‧schal

名詞

seneschal (複数形 seneschals)

1. A steward, particularly (historical) one in charge of a medieval nobleman's estate.
   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), OCLC 630079698, page 131:

     Beside stood seneschals, the appointed witnesses of the ensuing games.

   • 1884 December 10, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter 35, in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) […], London: Chatto & Windus, […], OCLC 458431182:

     […] so the very keenest seneskal can't see no sign […]

2. (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.

同意語

• (steward): See steward

派生語

• (office; term): seneschalship
• (office; term; purview): seneschalty