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Chivalric

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Of or relating to chivalry.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. of, or relating to chivalry

adj. gallant and respectful, especially to women

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Relating to chivalry; knightly; chivalrous.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Partaking of the character of chivalry; chivalrous; knightly.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages

Word Usage

"Not only had the slaveholders perpetrated the preponderance of atrocities, and with impunity at that, but they had begun to boast that northerners and New Englanders were congenitally soft and altogether lacking in "chivalric" and soldierly qualities."

Equivalent

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Synonym

Words with the same meaning

knightly chivalrous

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

knightly chivalrous self-sacrificing selfless martial