Get to know Seneschal better with 4 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like servant or retainer.
Seneschal in a sentence
Seneschal meaning
- A steward, particularly (historical) one in charge of a medieval nobleman's estate.
- 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.
Using Seneschal
- The main meaning on this page is: A steward, particularly (historical) one in charge of a medieval nobleman's estate. | 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.
- Useful related words include: major-domo, servant, retainer.
Context around Seneschal
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Seneschal
- In this selection, "seneschal" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include for the seneschal to nerf and have a seneschal who reports. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "seneschal" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with seneschal
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Every local group is required to have a seneschal who reports to the kingdom's seneschal. (16 words)
Accompanied by William de Roches, his seneschal in Anjou, he swung his mercenary army rapidly south to protect her. (19 words)
There are also a few general updates for The Seneschal to nerf some of its overpowered abilities and a host of new bug fixes. (24 words)
In Poitou the ex-provost of Benon, Peter Bertin, was made seneschal, and finally in Gascony the household official Helie de La Celle was picked for the seneschalship there. (29 words)
There are also a few general updates for The Seneschal to nerf some of its overpowered abilities and a host of new bug fixes. (24 words)
Accompanied by William de Roches, his seneschal in Anjou, he swung his mercenary army rapidly south to protect her. (19 words)
Example sentences (4)
Every local group is required to have a seneschal who reports to the kingdom's seneschal.
There are also a few general updates for The Seneschal to nerf some of its overpowered abilities and a host of new bug fixes.
Accompanied by William de Roches, his seneschal in Anjou, he swung his mercenary army rapidly south to protect her.
In Poitou the ex-provost of Benon, Peter Bertin, was made seneschal, and finally in Gascony the household official Helie de La Celle was picked for the seneschalship there.