cavaliere servente

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Corte'jo, a cavaliere servente, who as Byron says in Beppo: Coach, servants, gondola, must go to call, And carries fan and tippet, gloves and shawl.

From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham

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)

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.

The cavaliere servente flourishes still as in the days of Beppo, and it is to him only that the lady condescends to talk.

From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by Willis, N. Parker

Lord Lyttelton was my cavaliere servente that evening, though, as usual, his chief attention was paid to Mr. Robinson.

From Beaux and Belles of England Mrs. Mary Robinson, Written by Herself, With the lives of the Duchesses of Gordon and Devonshire by Robinson, Mary