cavaliers

[Cav`a*lierĀ·]

A royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War

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A military man serving on horseback; a knight.

Noun
a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War

Noun
a gallant or courtly gentleman

Adjective S.
given to haughty disregard of others


n.
A military man serving on horseback; a knight.

n.
A gay, sprightly, military man; hence, a gallant.

n.
One of the court party in the time of king Charles I. as contrasted with a Roundhead or an adherent of Parliament.

n.
A work of more than ordinary height, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking surrounding parts.

a.
Gay; easy; offhand; frank.

a.
High-spirited.

a.
Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque.

a.
Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I.


Cavalier

Cav`a*lier" , n. [F. cavalier, It. cavaliere, LL. caballarius, fr. L. caballus. See Cavalcade, and cf. Cavallier, 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 L. as contrasted with a Roundhead or an adherent of Parliament. Clarendon. 4. (Fort.) A work of more that ordinary heigh, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking surrounding parts.

Cavalier

Cav`a*lier", a. Gay; easy; offhand; frank.
The plodding, persevering scupulous accuracy of the one, and the easy, cavalier, verbal fluency of the other, from a complete contrast. Hazlitt. 2. High-spirited. [Obs.] "The people are naturally not valiant, and not much cavalier." Suckling. 3. Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque. 4. Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I. "An old Cavalier family." Beaconsfleld.

A military man serving on horseback; a knight.

Gay; easy; offhand; frank.

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Usage Examples

My feelings about my mortality are less selfish than they used to be. I used to affect a cavalier attitude to death now I see it from my son's perspective.

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Other Usage Examples

If one more 'journalist' makes a cavalier statement about me and my band, I will personally or with my fans' help, greet them at their home and discover just how much they believe in their freedom of speech.

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