Mayardam

Mayardam was the title used by the ruler of Florrum's mining colonies, and was thus equivalent to a king. The term developed from majordomo, a title used for ministers or territorial governors. When Hondo Ohnaka came into control of Florrum during the Separatist Crisis, he appointed one of his lieutenants to govern Florrum as mayardam, though Ohnaka and his pirates still referred to this minister as majordomo. 'Mayardamis' and 'Mayardamesil' were the two most common surname used among Florrum's aristocrats, who collectively formed the mayardam's congress; the suffixes of these names came from the Florrumite terms 'awis' (meaning follower) and 'oesil' (meaning patron or companion).