cavaliere servente
Example Sentences
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Teresa Mocenni at Siena, and relates to the death of Mario Bianchi, who had long been her devoted cavaliere servente.
From The Countess of Albany by Lee, Vernon
At Ravenna, he frequented all the salons where he was introduced; and at the request of Count G——, became the cavaliere servente of the young countess.
From My Recollections of Lord Byron by Jerningham, Hubert E. H. (Hubert Edward Henry), Sir
She seemed, indeed, to prefer him, as a cavaliere servente, to any of her other admirers, American or European.
From Elinor Wyllys, Volume 1 by Cooper, Susan Fenimore
For this reason she always regards us as cavaliere servente to the house of Hapsburg.
From Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
Near the convent-gate they met a Mr. Gahagan, an Irish Jacobite and the official cavaliere servente of Mme.
From The Countess of Albany by Lee, Vernon
