MAJOR-Domo, an Italian term, frequently used to signify a steward or master of the household. The title of major-domo was formerly given in the courts of princes to three different kinds of officers. 1. To him who took care of what related to the prince's table, or eating; otherwise called cleater, præfectus mensæ, architrulinus, dapifer, and princeps coquorum.—2. Major-domo was also applied to the steward of the household.—3. The title of major-domo was also given to the chief minister, or him to whom the prince deputed the administration of his affairs, foreign and domestic, relating to war as well as peace. Instances of major-domos in the first two senses are frequent in the English, French, and Norman affairs.