cavalier servente
Americannoun
plural
cavalieri serventiEtymology
Origin of cavalier servente
Literally, “serving cavalier”
Example Sentences
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But Dobbin in his capacity of cavalier servente suffered more than anybody, for she took an impish delight in luring him beyond his depth and then leaving him to flounder out as best he might.
From Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel by Vance, Louis Joseph
The Italian cicisbeo in the seventeenth century was a cavalier servente, who attended a married lady.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham
Take me, take me as thy knight, Thine own cavalier servente; I will bear thy silken robe And each wayward mood of thine.
From Atta Troll by Heine, Heinrich
He was well established as cavalier servente now in the Lorenzoni household, and it was understood that Mamie would be a princess some day.
From Olive in Italy by Dalton, Moray
The successful lover is the cavalier servente of all nations.
From Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners by Hazlitt, William
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