About The Word Cavalier
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Cavalier
Cavalier Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Cavalier?
[n] a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War
[n] a gallant or courtly gentleman [adj] given to haughty disregard of others Synonyms | Synonyms for Cavalier: chevalier | domineering | high-handed Related Terms | Find terms related to Cavalier: abrupt | aggressive | amoroso | arrogant | bachelor | banneret | baronet | Bayard | bearish | beastly | beau | bluff | blunt | bodyguard | boyfriend | brash | broncobuster | brusque | buckaroo | caballero | Casanova | cavaliere servente | cavalryman | chaperon | chevalier | churlish | circus rider | companion | conductor | contemptuous | contumelious | convoy | cowboy | cowgirl | cowpuncher | crusty | curt | disdainful | dismissive | Don Juan | Don Quixote | duenna | equestrian | equestrienne | escort | esquire | fellow | fellow traveler | flame | gallant | gaucho | Gawain | gigolo | gruff | guard | harsh | haughty | high-and-mighty | horse soldier | horseback rider | horsebacker | horseman | horsewoman | inamorato | insolent | jockey | knight | knight bachelor | knight banneret | knight baronet | knight-errant | lady-killer | Lancelot | lofty | Lothario | love-maker | man | mounted policeman | necker | old man | overbearing | petter | philanderer | postboy | postilion | puncher | rider | Ritter | Romeo | rough | roughrider | safe-conduct | seducer | severe | sharp | sheik | shepherd | short | Sidney | Sir Galahad | snippy | squire | steeplechaser | sugar daddy | supercilious | superior | surly | swain | trick rider | truculent | usher | vaquero | young man See Also | male aristocrat | monarchist | royalist Cavalier In Webster's Dictionary \Cav`a*lier"\ (k[a^]v`[.a]*l[=e]r"), n. [F. cavalier,
It. cavaliere, LL. caballarius, fr. L. caballus. See
{Cavalcade}, and cf. {Chevalier}, {Caballine}.]
1. A military man serving on horseback; a knight.
2. A gay, sprightly, military man; hence, a gallant.
3. One of the court party in the time of king Charles I. as
contrasted with a Roundhead or an adherent of Parliament.
--Clarendon.
4. (Fort.) A work of more than ordinary height, rising from
the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking
surrounding parts.
\Cav`a*lier"\, a. Gay; easy; offhand; frank. The plodding, persevering scupulous accuracy of the one, and the easy, cavalier, verbal fluency of the other, form a complete contrast. --Hazlitt. 2. High-spirited. [Obs.] ``The people are naturally not valiant, and not much cavalier.'' --Suckling. 3. Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque. 4. Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I. ``An old Cavalier family.'' --Beaconsfield. |
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