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Webster 1913 Edition
Cavalier
Cavˊa-lier′
(kăvˊȧ-lēr′)
, Noun.
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.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cavalier
CAVALIER
,Noun.
1.
A horseman, especially an armed horseman; a knight.2.
A gay, sprightly, military man.3.
The appellation of the party of king Charles I.4.
In fortification, an elevation of earth, situated ordinarily in the gorge of a bastion, bordered with a parapet, with embrasures.5.
In the manege, one who understands horsemanship; one skilled in the art of riding.CAVALIER
,Adj.
1.
Gay; sprightly; warlike; brave; generous.2.
Haughty; disdainful.