CHEVALIER

cavalier, chevalier

(noun) a gallant or courtly gentleman

Chevalier, Maurice Chevalier

(noun) French actor and cabaret singer (1888-1972)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

chevalier (plural chevaliers)

A cavalier; a knight.

In tarot cards, the card between the valet and the dame

Source: Wiktionary

Che`va*lier", n. Etym: [F., fr. LL. caballarius. See Cavaller.]

1. A horseman; a knight; a gallant young man. "Mount, chevaliers; to arms." Shak.

2. A member of certain orders of knighthood. Chevalier d'industrie ( Etym: [F.], one who lives by persevering fraud; a pickpocket; a sharper.

– The Chevalier St. George (Eng. Hist.), James Francis Edward Stuart (son of James II.), called "The Pretender." -- The Young Chevalier, Charles Edward Stuart, son of the Chevalier St. George.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition