cicisbeo

noun /ˌtʃɪtʃɪzˈbeɪəʊ/

1. A man who escorts a married woman to social functions, especially in 18th-century Italy; a married woman's lover.

   historical

   My old Cicisbee says it would do: & he is (or was poor fellow!) a famous Scholar.

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Italian cicisbeo, of onomatopoeic origin.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry cicisbeo (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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