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Chevalier
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What's The Definition Of Chevalier?
[n] a gallant or courtly gentleman
[n] French actor and cabaret singer (1888-1972) Synonyms | Synonyms for Chevalier: cavalier | Maurice Chevalier Related Terms | Find terms related to Chevalier: bachelor | banneret | baronet | Bayard | broncobuster | buckaroo | caballero | cavalier | cavalryman | circus rider | companion | cowboy | cowgirl | cowpuncher | Don Quixote | equestrian | equestrienne | gallant | gaucho | Gawain | horse soldier | horseback rider | horsebacker | horseman | horsewoman | jockey | knight | knight bachelor | knight banneret | knight baronet | knight-errant | Lancelot | mounted policeman | postboy | postilion | puncher | rider | Ritter | roughrider | Sidney | Sir Galahad | steeplechaser | trick rider | vaquero See Also | actor | histrion | male aristocrat | player | role player | singer | thespian | vocaliser | vocalist | vocalizer Chevalier In Webster's Dictionary \Che`va*lier"\, n. [F., fr. LL. caballarius. See
{Cavaller}.]
1. A horseman; a knight; a gallant young man. ``Mount,
chevaliers; to arms.'' --Shak.
2. A member of certain orders of knighthood.
{Chevalier d'industrie}[F.], one who lives by persevering
fraud; a pickpocket; a sharper.
{The Chevalier St. George} (Eng. Hist.), James Francis Edward
Stuart (son of James II.), called ``The Pretender.''
{The Young Chevalier}, Charles Edward Stuart, son of the
Chevalier St. George.
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