cavaliere servente
Example Sentences
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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
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
They were going to the supper room, and each cavaliere servente was hastening to seat himself by the side of his partner.
From Corinne, Volume 1 (of 2) Or Italy by Greig, R. S.
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
Even from sheer loneliness she accepts his attentions and allows him to drop into the acknowledged position of her cavaliere servente.
From Life in an Indian Outpost by Casserly, Gordon
