/ · 1894 Brewer’s · C · Cavalier Servant
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
in Italian cicisbeʹo, and in Spanish corteʹjo. A gentleman that chaperones married ladies.
“Coach, servants, gondola, he goes to call,
And carries fan and tippet, gloves and shawl.”
Byron: Beppo, st. xl.
· ·
Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
· 
· 
· ·