Brewer's: Mayors of the Palace

(Maire du Palais). Superintendents of the king's household, and stewards of the royal leudes or companies of France before the accession of the Carlovingian dynasty.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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