cavaliere servente
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No cavaliere servente of Old Italy ever had so busy a time as the Tame Cat of the India of to-day.
From The Jungle Girl by Casserly, Gordon
A cavaliere servente to dance attendance on her ladyship day and night?
From The Eternal City by Caine, Hall, Sir
Sometimes she met Felix there, who amused her after a manner by his jokes, who praised her beauty, and offered himself to her as cavaliere servente.
From Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle by Hausrath, Adolf
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
But it did not matter so much about the husband if the marriage contract stipulated that she should have her cavaliere servente, and, as sometimes happened, specified him by name.
From Modern Italian Poets Essays and Versions by Howells, William Dean
