cavaliere servente

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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

If suspicion rested on two or three of her intimates, we might say that one or other of them was the "cavaliere servente"; but it does not.

From Madame Firmiani by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott

"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

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

The conventions of the society in which she moves seem to require that she should be attended during her visits by a cavaliere servente, who is therefore always invited with her.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, March 15, 1890 by Various