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Brewer's: Cavalier Servant
in Italian cicisbe'o, and in Spanish cortejo. A gentleman that chaperones married ladies.
Coach, servants, gondola, he goes to call, And carries fan and tippet, gloves and shawl.
Byron: Beppo, st. xi.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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