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CAVALIERS
Noun
cavaliers
plural of cavalier
Anagrams
• calvaries, cavalries
Source: Wiktionary
CAVALIER
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
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