cavalier

5 definitions found

cavalier - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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  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 - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  cavalier
      adj 1: given to haughty disregard of others [syn: cavalier,
             high-handed]
      n 1: a gallant or courtly gentleman [syn: cavalier,
           chevalier]
      2: a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil
         War [syn: Cavalier, Royalist]

cavalier - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Cavalier, ND (city, FIPS 12940)
    Location: 48.79531 N, 97.62430 W
    Population (1990): 1508 (717 housing units)
    Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

cavalier - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  113 Moby Thesaurus words for "cavalier":
     Bayard, Casanova, Don Juan, Don Quixote, Gawain, Lancelot,
     Lothario, Ritter, Romeo, Sidney, Sir Galahad, abrupt, aggressive,
     amoroso, arrogant, bachelor, banneret, baronet, bearish, beastly,
     beau, bluff, blunt, bodyguard, boyfriend, brash, broncobuster,
     brusque, buckaroo, caballero, cavaliere servente, cavalryman,
     chaperon, chevalier, churlish, circus rider, companion, conductor,
     contemptuous, contumelious, convoy, cowboy, cowgirl, cowpuncher,
     crusty, curt, disdainful, dismissive, duenna, equestrian,
     equestrienne, escort, esquire, fellow, fellow traveler, flame,
     gallant, gaucho, gigolo, gruff, guard, harsh, haughty,
     high-and-mighty, horse soldier, horseback rider, horsebacker,
     horseman, horsewoman, inamorato, insolent, jockey, knight,
     knight bachelor, knight banneret, knight baronet, knight-errant,
     lady-killer, lofty, love-maker, man, mounted policeman, necker,
     old man, overbearing, petter, philanderer, postboy, postilion,
     puncher, rider, rough, roughrider, safe-conduct, seducer, severe,
     sharp, sheik, shepherd, short, snippy, squire, steeplechaser,
     sugar daddy, supercilious, superior, surly, swain, trick rider,
     truculent, usher, vaquero, young man