sénéchal (plural: sénéchaux)
sénéchal
French
Noun
sénéchal (plural: sénéchaux)
A representative of the King, charged with the application of justice and control of the administration under the Ancien Régime of southern France.
Ancien Régime
Ancien Régime
English
Etymology
From French Ancient Régime, Old Rule, Old Order; the word first appeared in English in print in 1794.
Proper noun
Ancien Régime (no plural form)
(historically pejorative connotations) The aristocratic social and political system established in France under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties, overthrown by the French Revolution of 1789.
French
Etymology
From ancien “old” + régime “rule”, “order”.
Proper noun
Ancien Régime (no plural form)
(historically pejorative connotations) The aristocratic social and political system established in France under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties, overthrown by the French Revolution of 1789.
