cavalier servente

[ kah-vah-lyer ser-ven-te ]

/ ˌkɑ vɑˈlyɛr sɛrˈvɛn tɛ /

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noun, plural ca·va·lie·ri ser·ven·ti

[kah-vah-lye-ree ser-ven-tee]. /ˌkɑ vɑˈlyɛ ri sɛrˈvɛn ti/. Italian.

a lover; suitor.

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Origin of cavalier servente

Literally, “serving cavalier”

The mindsets of both Cavalier and Puritan took root in the New World, and the experiment launched in 1776 continues.
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“Wrong station, mate, you want the next,” you tell a strapping boy in a cavalier cloak.
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“Some reporters may take a cavalier attitude about being a martyr for a cause,” the friend added.
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I'm afraid those who have been to war and daily diced with death are rather cavalier with their health.
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The other was the spirited portrait of Baron von Friedericks, a happy combination of cavalier and soldier in its manly strength.
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Like many another cavalier, he had a flame in every country, or rather, in every town which he visited.
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She gave him a cavalier little nod, touched her horse with the whip, and a moment later was lost in a cloud of dust.
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The old landed interest, the old Cavalier interest, had now no share in the favours of the Crown.
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Cavalier traveled for the house, whose firm name appeared as "Fendant and Cavalier."
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