Cavalier

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A gallant or chivalrous man, especially one serving as escort to a woman of high social position; a gentleman.
  • n. A mounted soldier; a knight.
  • n. 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.
  • adj. Carefree and nonchalant; jaunty.
  • adj. Of or relating to a group of 17th-century English poets associated with the court of Charles I.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Not caring enough about something important.
  • adj. High-spirited.
  • adj. Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I.
  • n. A military man serving on horse.
  • n. A sprightly, military man; hence, a gallant.
  • n. One of the court party in the time of King Charles I, as contrasted with a Roundhead or an adherent of Parliament.
  • n. A work of more than ordinary height, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking surrounding parts.
  • n. A well mannered man; a gentleman.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A military man serving on horseback; a knight.
  • n. A gay, sprightly, military man; hence, a gallant.
  • n. One of the court party in the time of king Charles I. as contrasted with a Roundhead or an adherent of Parliament.
  • n. A work of more than ordinary height, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking surrounding parts.
  • adj. offhand; unceremonious; gay; easy; frank. Opposed to serious.
  • adj. High-spirited.
  • adj. Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A horseman, especially an armed horseman; a knight.
  • n.
  • n. One who has the spirit or bearing of a knight; especially, a bold, reckless, and gay fellow.
  • n. [capitalized] The appellation given to the partizans of Charles I. of England in his contest with Parliament.
  • n. During some years they were designated as Cavaliers and Roundheads. They were subsequently called Tories and Whigs.
  • n. A man attending on or escorting a woman, or acting as her partner in dancing; a gallant; a beau.
  • n. In medieval fortification, a mound defended by walls and the like, raised so as to command the neighboring ramparts; hence, in modern fort., a raised work commonly situated within the bastion, but sometimes placed in the gorges, or on the middle of the curtain.
  • n. In the manège, one who understands horse-manship; a skilled or practised rider.
  • Knightly; brave; warlike.
  • Gay; sprightly; easy; offhand; frank; careless.
  • Haughty; disdainful; supercilious: as, a rude and cavalier answer.
  • [capitalized] Belonging or relating to the party of Charles I. of England.
  • To act as a cavalier; ape the manners of a cavalier; carry one's self in a disdainful or high-handed fashion: sometimes followed by it: as, to try to cavalier it over one's associates.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War
  • adj. given to haughty disregard of others
  • n. a gallant or courtly gentleman
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