a group of mid-17th-century English lyric poets, mostly courtiers of Charles I. Chief among them were Robert Herrick, Thomas Carew, Sir John Suckling, and Richard Lovelace
Cavalier poets in American English
plural noun
a group of English poets, including Herrick, Carew, Lovelace, and Suckling, mainly at the court of Charles I
Word origin
[1875–80]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: authoritarian, massage, musical chairs, overdraft, weekend