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Cavalier   /kˌævəlˈɪr/  /kˈævəlɪr/   Listen
noun
Cavalier  n.  
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.
4.
(Fort.) A work of more than ordinary height, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking surrounding parts.


adjective
Cavalier  adj.  
1.
Offhand; unceremonious; gay; easy; frank. Opposed to serious. "The plodding, persevering scupulous accuracy of the one, and the easy, cavalier, verbal fluency of the other, form a complete contrast."
2.
High-spirited. (Obs.) "The people are naturally not valiant, and not much cavalier."
3.
Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque.
4.
Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I. "An old Cavalier family."





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"Cavalier" Quotes from Famous Books



... at heart wast thou, Above all beauty bright, all music clear: To thee she bared her bosom and her brow, Breathing her virgin promise in thine ear, And bound thee to her with a double vow,— Exquisite Puritan, grave Cavalier! ...
— The White Bees • Henry Van Dyke
... snapped. "I thought we'd gone into this yesterday. In spite of the complaints that come into this office in regard to your cavalier tactics in carrying out your assignments, you and your team are our most competent operatives. So we've given you the assignment of finding ...
— Border, Breed Nor Birth • Dallas McCord Reynolds
... not wish her to marry as she desires. And though he wishes her to unite herself to a brute compared with her cavalier, yet the latter is himself an individual of no consequence, and she has been well ...
— The Young Seigneur - Or, Nation-Making • Wilfrid Chateauclair
... answered her cavalier. "A country in which thousands of people, because they are richer than I, will look upon me with contempt, whilst here—here this thick cloak has not prevented my acquaintance ...
— A Hero of Our Time • M. Y. Lermontov
... Constanza. Emilia danced with the young Marquis della Fazelli, and acquitted herself with the ease and dignity so natural to her. Julia experienced a various emotion of pleasure and fear when the Count de Vereza, in whom she recollected the cavalier she had observed from the window, led her forth. The grace of her step, and the elegant symmetry of her figure, raised in the assembly a gentle murmur of applause, and the soft blush which now stole over her cheek, gave an additional charm to her appearance. But when the music changed, ...
— A Sicilian Romance • Ann Radcliffe


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