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ca⋅bal⋅le⋅ro

[kab-uhl-yair-oh, kab-uh-lair-oh; Sp. kah-vah-lye-raw, -ye-]
–noun, plural ca⋅bal⋅le⋅ros [kab-uhl-yair-ohz, kab-uh-lair-ohz; Sp. kah-vah-lye-raws, -ye-] .
1. a Spanish gentleman.
2. Southwestern U.S.
a. a horseman.
b. a woman's escort or admirer; cavalier.

Origin:
1740–50; < Sp < LL caballārius groom; see cavalier
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cab·al·le·ro   (kāb'ə-lâr'ō, -əl-yâr'ō, kä'bä-yě'rō)   
n.   pl. cab·al·le·ros
  1. A Spanish gentleman; a cavalier.

  2. A man who is skilled in riding and managing horses; a horseman.


[Spanish, from Late Latin caballārius, horse groom, from Latin caballus, horse.]
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caballero 
1877, "a Spanish gentleman," from Sp., from L. caballarius, from caballus "a pack-horse." Equivalent of Fr. chevalier, It. cavaliere (see cavalier).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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