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1. (noun) cavalier, chevalier
a gallant or courtly gentleman

2. (adj) Cavalier, Royalist
a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War

3. (adj) cavalier, high-handed
given to haughty disregard of others

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Webster 1913 Dictionary

1. (adj) cavalier
gay; easy; offhand; frank

2. (adj) cavalier
high-spirited

3. (adj) cavalier
supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque

4. (adj) cavalier
of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I

5. (noun) cavalier
a military man serving on horseback; a knight

6. (noun) cavalier
a gay, sprightly, military man; hence, a gallant

7. (noun) cavalier
one of the court party in the time of king Charles I. as contrasted with a Roundhead or an adherent of Parliament

8. (noun) cavalier
a work of more than ordinary height, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking surrounding parts

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