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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
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PEOPLE
(noun) members of a family line; “his people have been farmers for generations”; “are your people still alive?”
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