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cav·a·lier

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–noun

1.	a horseman, esp. a mounted soldier; knight.

2.	one having the spirit or bearing of a knight; a courtly gentleman; gallant.

3.	a man escorting a woman or acting as her partner in dancing.

4.	(initial capital letter) an adherent of Charles I of England in his contest with Parliament.

–adjective

5.	haughty, disdainful, or supercilious: an arrogant and cavalier attitude toward others.

6.	offhand or unceremonious: The very dignified officials were confused by his cavalier manner.

7.	(initial capital letter) of or pertaining to the Cavaliers.

8.	(initial capital letter) of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Cavalier poets or their work.

–verb (used without object)

9.	to play the cavalier.

10.	to be haughty or domineering.

[Origin: 1590–1600; < MF: horseman, knight < OIt cavaliere < OPr < LL caballārius man on horseback, equiv. to L caball(us) horse (cf. capercaillie) + -ārius -ary

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—Related forms

cav·a·lier·ism, cav·a·lier·ness, noun

cav·a·lier·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 5. indifferent, offhand, uncaring, thoughtless, condescending.

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n.

A gallant or chivalrous man, especially one serving as escort to a woman of high social position; a gentleman.
A mounted soldier; a knight.
Cavalier A supporter of Charles I of England in his struggles against Parliament. Also called Royalist.

adj.

Showing arrogant or offhand disregard; dismissive: a cavalier attitude toward the suffering of others.
Carefree and nonchalant; jaunty.
Cavalier Of or relating to a group of 17th-century English poets associated with the court of Charles I.

[French, horseman, from Old Italian cavaliere, from Late Latin caballārius, from Latin caballus, horse.]

cav'a·lier'ly adv.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
cavalier

1589, from It. cavalliere "mounted soldier, knight," from L.L. caballarius "horseman," from L. caballus "horse, a pack horse." Sense advanced in 17c. to "knight," then "courtly gentleman," which led to adj. "disdainful" (1657). Meaning "Royalist adherent of Charles I" is from 1641.

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cavalier
adjective
1.	given to haughty disregard of others
noun
1.	a gallant or courtly gentleman
2.	a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
cavalier [kӕvəˈliə] noun

in former times, a horseman or knight

Arabic:	فارِس
Chinese (Simplified):	骑士
Chinese (Traditional):	騎士
Czech:	kavalír, jezdec, rytíř
Danish:	ridder
Dutch:	ruiter
Estonian:	ratsur, rüütel
Finnish:	ratsastaja, ritari
French:	cavalier
German:	der Reiter,der Ritter
Greek:	ιππότης
Hungarian:	lovag
Icelandic:	reiðmaður, riddari
Indonesian:	ksatria
Italian:	cavaliere

Japanese:	騎士
Korean:	말탄 무사, 기사
Latvian:	kavalērists; jātnieks
Lithuanian:	raitelis, riteris
Norwegian:	ridder
Polish:	rycerz
Portuguese (Brazil):	cavaleiro
Portuguese (Portugal):	cavaleiro
Romanian:	cavaler
Russian:	всадник
Slovak:	jazdec, rytier
Slovenian:	jezdec, vitez
Spanish:	caballero
Swedish:	ryttare, riddare, kavaljer
Turkish:	süvari, şövalye

U.S. Gazetteer - Cite This Source - Share This

Cavalier County, ND (county, FIPS 19) Location: 48.76845 N, 98.46303 W
Population (1990): 6064 (3038 housing units)
Area: 3856.7 sq km (land), 54.8 sq km (water)

Cavalier, ND (city, FIPS 12940) Location: 48.79531 N, 97.62430 W
Population (1990): 1508 (717 housing units)
Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Cavalier

Cab"al*line\ (k[a^]b"al*l[imac]n), a. [L. caballinus, fr. caballus a nag. Cf. Cavalier.] Of or pertaining to a horse. -- n. Caballine aloes.

Caballine aloes, an inferior and impure kind of aloes formerly used in veterinary practice; -- called also horse aloes.

Caballine spring, the fountain of Hippocrene, on Mount Helicon; -- fabled to have been formed by a stroke from the foot of the winged horse Pegasus.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Cavalier

Cav"al*cade`\, n. [F. cavalcade, fr. It. cavalcata, fr. cavalcare to go on horseback, fr. LL. caballicare, fr. L. caballus an inferior horse, Gr. ?. Cf. Cavalier, Cavalry.] A procession of persons on horseback; a formal, pompous march of horsemen by way of parade.

He brought back war-worn cavalcade to the city. --Prescott.

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