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[Adjective] | "cav*a*lier" | \ ˌka-və-ˈlir \
1: marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful dismissal of important matters
2: debonair
3: of or relating to the party of Charles I of England in his struggles with the Puritans and Parliament
Origin: circa 1641 ;
From attributive use of {see: |cavalier:2|cavalier:2};
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[Noun] | "cavalier"
1: a gentleman trained in arms and horsemanship
2: a mounted soldier : knight
3: an adherent of Charles I of England
Origin: 1589 ;
Borrowed from French, "horseback rider, member of the gentry bearing arms, gallant," going back to Middle French, borrowed from later medieval Italian cavallere, cavaleru, cavalliere "horseback rider, mounted soldier, courtly gentleman accompanying a lady," borrowed from Old Occitan cavalier "horseman, mounted soldier, knight," going back to Late Latin caballārius "horseback rider, groom" (early Medieval Latin also "serf performing duties on horseback, mounted soldier"), from Latin caballus "work horse, gelding" + -ārius {see: |-ary:1|-ary:1} {mat|cavalcade|};
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[Noun] | "Cavalier King Charles spaniel" | \ -ˈchär(-ə)lz- \
1: any of a breed of toy spaniels developed in Great Britain from English toy spaniels and having a tapered muzzle and a long silky coat
Origin: 1969 ;
{see: |cavalier:2|cavalier:2} + King Charles spaniel, a breed of toy spaniel, from Charles II of England;
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[Adjective] | "cavalier"
1: having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude;
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[Noun] | "cavalier"
1: an honorable and courteous man;
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