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Webster 1913 Edition

Chevalier

Cheˊva-lier′

,
Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Chevalier

CHEVALIER

,
Noun.
1.
A knight; a gallant young man.
2.
In heraldry, a horseman armed at all points.

Definition 2024

chevalier

chevalier

English

Noun

chevalier ‎(plural chevaliers)

  1. A cavalier; a knight.
  2. In tarot cards, the card between the valet and the dame

French

Etymology

From Middle French chevalier, from Old French chevalier, from Late Latin caballārius, from Latin caballus. Doublet of cavalier.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -je

Noun

chevalier m ‎(plural chevaliers)

  1. knight
  2. sandpiper (bird)

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Derived terms

Descendants

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French chevalier.

Noun

chevalier m (plural chevaliers)

  1. knight

Related terms

Descendants

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin caballārius, from Latin caballus.[1] Compare Old Provençal cavalier.

Noun

chevalier m ‎(oblique plural chevaliers, nominative singular chevaliers, nominative plural chevalier)

  1. knight
  2. (chess) knight

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ Migliorini, Bruno; Aldo Duro (1950), “cavaliere”, in Prontuario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Paravia

Etymology

Middle English. Borrowing from Old French chevalier, from Late Latin caballarius, from Latin caballus.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

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