English Dictionary: chevalier | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Chevalier \Che`va*lier"\, n. [F., fr. LL. caballarius. See {Cavaller}.] 1. A horseman; a knight; a gallant young man. [bd]Mount, chevaliers; to arms.[b8] --Shak. 2. A member of certain orders of knighthood. {[d8]Chevalier d'industrie}[F.], one who lives by persevering fraud; a pickpocket; a sharper. {The Chevalier St. George} (Eng. Hist.), James Francis Edward Stuart (son of James II.), called [bd]The Pretender.[b8] {The Young Chevalier}, Charles Edward Stuart, son of the Chevalier St. George. |