cavalier
A cavalier is defined as a knight or a courteous gentleman.
(noun)An example of cavalier is Sir Lancelot.
The definition of cavalier is an arrogant person or someone indifferent or casual about important matters.
(adjective)An example of cavalier is someone not really caring about receiving an eviction notice.
See cavalier in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- an armed horseman; knight
- a gallant or courteous gentleman, esp. one serving as a lady's escort
- a partisan of Charles I of England in his struggles with Parliament (1641-49); Royalist
Origin: Fr < It cavaliere < LL caballarius < L caballus, horse; akin to Gr kaballēs; prob. < native name in Asia Minor
adjective
- of the Cavaliers
- associated with the court of Charles I of England: Cavalier poets
- free and easy
- casual or indifferent toward matters of some importance
- haughty; arrogant; supercilious
Related Forms:
- cavalierly adverb
- cavalierness noun
See cavalier in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- A gallant or chivalrous man, especially one serving as escort to a woman of high social position; a gentleman.
- A mounted soldier; a knight.
- Cavalier A supporter of Charles I of England in his struggles against Parliament. Also called Royalist.
- Showing arrogant or offhand disregard; dismissive: a cavalier attitude toward the suffering of others.
- Carefree and nonchalant; jaunty.
- Cavalier Of or relating to a group of 17th-century English poets associated with the court of Charles I.
Origin:
Origin: French, horseman
Origin: , from Old Italian cavaliere
Origin: , from Late Latin caballārius
Origin: , from Latin caballus, horse
.Related Forms:
- cavˌa·lierˈly adverb
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