English Explanatory Dictionary

cavaliere servente

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In Italy, a man who attends a lady, especially one who is married, with fantastical devotion; a cicisbeo.

Word forms

cavaliere servente cavaliere serventes

Etymology

From Italian cavaliere servente (“serving knight”).

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