gentleman-in-waiting

In March, the pope's own household was rocked by scandal when court documents revealed a Vatican chorister had procured male prostitutes for a papal gentleman-in-waiting.

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But instead of all that — here he was, the wealthy husband of an unfaithful wife, a retired gentleman-in-waiting, fond of eating and drinking and, as he unbuttoned his waistcoat, of abusing the government a bit, a member of the Moscow English Club, and a universal favorite in Moscow society.

War and Peace 2003

After some minutes, the gentleman-in-waiting who was on duty came into the great reception room and, bowing politely, asked

War and Peace 2003

The door opened, a gentleman-in-waiting, bending respectfully, handed the Emperor his hat and gloves; another brought him a pocket handkerchief.

War and Peace 2003

Next day the imperial gentleman-in-waiting, the Comte de

War and Peace 2003

While dressing, Petya had prepared many fine things he meant to say to the gentleman-in-waiting.

War and Peace 2003

It had come from behind me, from towards the middle door of the two ante-chambers, and a piece of fringe getting loose in the air, had fallen upon the King's wig, from which it was removed by Livry, a gentleman-in-waiting.

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The gentleman-in-waiting told a footman, and the footman told somebody else, and at last, the boy who waited on the cook heard it.

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The prince told it to a count, and the count to a gentleman-in-waiting.

Mother Stories Maud Lindsay

For, as if by common consent, then, they drew a little apart from the rest, where, throwing himself on the sand beside her while the firelight threw flickering shadows among the rocks, the young man related fragments of his story, -- of the long journey across the sea, something of his home in England, and of the brilliant court of the great queen wherein he had served as gentleman-in-waiting.

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