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English Dictionary: cavalier	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for cavalier
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cavalier adj given to haughty disregard of others [syn: cavalier, high-handed] n a gallant or courtly gentleman [syn: cavalier, chevalier] a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War Synonym(s): Cavalier, Royalist
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cavalier \Cav`alier"\ (k[acr]v`[adot]l[emac]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. 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. --Clarendon. 4. (Fort.) A work of more than ordinary height, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking surrounding parts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cavalier \Cav`alier"\, a. Gay; easy; offhand; frank. The plodding, persevering scupulous accuracy of the one, and the easy, cavalier, verbal fluency of the other, form a complete contrast. --Hazlitt. 2. High-spirited. [Obs.] [bd]The people are naturally not valiant, and not much cavalier.[b8] --Suckling. 3. Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque. 4. Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I. [bd]An old Cavalier* family.[b8] --Beaconsfield.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
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)