cavaliere servente

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Behind the chair of every lady stands her cavaliere servente, or bows before her with a cup of chocolate, or, sweet abasement! stoops to adjust the foot-stool better to her satin shoe.

From Modern Italian Poets Essays and Versions by Howells, William Dean

She was an honest young woman, and she readily confessed that fluent manners and the air of the cavaliere servente were things she did not love.

From The Half-Hearted by Buchan, John

"You can't have Captain Vauvenarde for your husband, Dale for your cavaliere servente, and myself for your guide, philosopher and friend all at the same time."

From Simon the Jester by Locke, William John

Has not he lately married a young woman; and was not he Madame Talleyrand's cavaliere servente in India years ago?

From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 With His Letters and Journals by Moore, Thomas

"So this is your daily cavaliere servente," added M. M., with a wry smile, turning his lorgnette upon me.

From White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor