Etymology

cavaliere servente

Today it means: In Italy, a man who attends a lady, especially one who is married, with fantastical devotion; a cicisbeo. Full definition →

Italian cavaliere servente
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The story

  1. Italian · borrowed fromcavaliere servente“serving knight”
  2. English todaycavaliere servente

From Italian cavaliere servente (“serving knight”).

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