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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.Definition 2024
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See also: Cavalier
English
Adjective
cavalier (comparative more cavalier, superlative most cavalier)
- Not caring enough about something important.
- The very dignified officials were confused by his cavalier manner.
- 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, Black Swan, pg.46:
- Far from marking the outer edge of the solar system, as those school-room maps so cavalierly imply, Pluto is barely one fifty-thousandth of the way.
- High-spirited.
- Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque.
- Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I.
Translations
not caring enough about something important
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supercilious, haughty, disdainful
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Noun
cavalier (plural cavaliers)
- (historical) A military man serving on horse, (chiefly) early modern cavalry officers who had abandoned the heavy armor of medieval knights.
- (historical) A gallant: a sprightly young dashing military man.
- A gentleman of the class of such officers, particularly:
- (historical) A courtesan or noble under Charles I of England, particularly a royalist partisan during the English Civil War which ended his reign.
- (architecture) A defensive work rising from a bastion &c. and overlooking the surrounding area.
Antonyms
- (royalist): Roundhead
Translations
a military man serving on horse
a sprightly military man
a well mannered man; a gentleman
References
- ↑ “cavalier” in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Online.
- ↑ “cavalier” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Borrowing from Italian cavaliere, itself borrowed from Old Provençal cavalier, from Late Latin caballārius. Doublet of chevalier, which was inherited.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.val.je/
Noun
cavalier m (plural cavaliers, feminine cavalière)
- A horseman, particularly:
- 1876, "C" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 616:
- ...before a in French an original c has the sound sh, and is spelt ch... Exceptions to this rule are generally words incorporated into classical French (i.e., the descendant of the old dialect of the Isle de France) from other dialects, as those of Normandy or Picardy, or are introduced from the Italian, as cavalier, &c.
- 1876, "C" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 616:
- (chess, m) A knight
- (m) A staple.
Adjective
cavalier m (feminine singular cavalière, masculine plural cavaliers, feminine plural cavalières)
- equestrian
- cavalier (all senses)
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