cavalier, high-handed
(adjective) given to haughty disregard of others
Cavalier, Royalist
(noun) a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War
cavalier, chevalier
(noun) a gallant or courtly gentleman
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Named after Charles Cavileer, an early settler.
Cavalier
A small city, the county seat of Pembina County, North Dakota, United States.
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cavalier (comparative more cavalier, superlative most cavalier)
Not caring enough about something important.
High-spirited.
Supercilious.
Synonyms: haughty, disdainful, curt, brusque
(historical) Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I of England (1600–1649).
cavalier (plural cavaliers)
(historical) A military man serving on horse, (chiefly) early modern cavalry officers who had abandoned the heavy armor of medieval knights.
(historical) A gallant: a sprightly young dashing military man.
A gentleman of the class of such officers, particularly
(historical) A courtesan or noble under Charles I of England, particularly a royalist partisan during the English Civil War which ended his reign.
Antonym: Roundhead
(slang) Someone with an uncircumcised penis.
Antonym: roundhead
(architecture) A defensive work rising from a bastion, etc, and overlooking the surrounding area.
cavalier (third-person singular simple present cavaliers, present participle cavaliering, simple past and past participle cavaliered)
(transitive, dated) Of a man: to act in a gallant and dashing manner toward (women).
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Source: Wiktionary
Cav`a*lier", n. Etym: [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.)
Definition: A work of more that ordinary heigh, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking surrounding parts.
Cav`a*lier", a.
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 April 2025
(adjective) made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; “bright silver candlesticks”; “a burnished brass knocker”; “she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves”; “rows of shining glasses”; “shiny black patents”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
