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cav·a·lier C0174400 (kăv′ə-lîr′) n. 1. A gallant or chivalrous man, especially one serving as escort to a woman of high social position; a gentleman. 2. A mounted soldier; a knight. 3. Cavalier A supporter of Charles I of England in his struggles against Parliament. Also called Royalist. adj. 1. Showing arrogant or offhand disregard; dismissive: a cavalier attitude toward the suffering of others. 2. Carefree and nonchalant; jaunty. 3. Cavalier Of or relating to a group of 17th-century English poets associated with the court of Charles I.
[French, horseman, from Old Italian cavaliere, from Late Latin caballārius, from Latin caballus, horse; akin to Greek kaballēs, work horse, both Greek and Latin probably ultimately from an Iranian source (compare Khotanese kabä, horse, and Persian kaval, a slow, clumsy horse), from Old Iranian *kaba-, *kabala-, horse, akin to Late Latin cabō, gelding, and Old Church Slavonic kobyla, mare, and perhaps ultimately of Proto-Indo-European origin.]
cav′a·lier′ly adv. Thesaurus| Adv. | 1. | cavalierly - in a proud and domineering manner; "he treated his staff cavalierly"disdainfully |
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