Found 3 items, similar to cavalier.
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Definition: cavalier
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: cavalier
cavalier
adj : given to haughty disregard of others [syn:
high-handed]
cavalier
n 1: a gallant or courtly gentleman [syn:
chevalier]
2: a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil
War
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Cavalier
Cavalier
\Cav`a*lier"\, a.
offhand; unceremonious; gay; easy; frank. Opposed to
serious.
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The plodding, persevering scupulous accuracy of the
one, and the easy, cavalier, verbal fluency of the
other, form a complete contrast. --Hazlitt.
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2. High-spirited. [Obs.]
“The people are naturally not
valiant, and not much cavalier.” --Suckling.
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3. Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque.
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4. Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I.
“An old
Cavalier family.” --Beaconsfield.
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Cavalier
\Cav`a*lier"\ (k[a^]v`[.a]*l[=e]r"), n. [F. cavalier,
It. cavaliere, LL. caballarius, fr. L. caballus. See
Cavalcade, and cf.
Chevalier,
Caballine.]
1. A military man serving on horseback; a knight.
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2. A gay, sprightly, military man; hence, a gallant.
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3. One of the court party in the time of king Charles I. as
contrasted with a Roundhead or an adherent of Parliament.
--Clarendon.
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4. (Fort.) A work of more than ordinary height, rising from
the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking
surrounding parts.
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