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CAVALIER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War
Synonyms:
Cavalier; Royalist
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Cavalier" is a kind of...):
monarchist; royalist (an advocate of the principles of monarchy)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A gallant or courtly gentleman
Synonyms:
cavalier; chevalier
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("cavalier" is a kind of...):
male aristocrat (a man who is an aristocrat)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Given to haughty disregard of others
Synonyms:
cavalier; high-handed
Classified under:
Similar:
domineering (tending to domineer)
Context examples:
When I saw my charmer thus come in accompanied by a cavalier, I seemed to hear a hiss, and the green snake of jealousy, rising on undulating coils from the moonlit balcony, glided within my waistcoat, and ate its way in two minutes to my heart's core.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Nay, said the little knight, it would be scarce fitting that a cavalier should throw off his harness for the fear of every puff of wind and puddle of water.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“I am right glad of it,” answered Sir Nigel; “for though it was against my vow to loose him, I deem that he has carried himself like a very gentle and debonnaire cavalier.”
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But here comes a cavalier who is indeed in haste.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Mark well the man with the high nose and flaxen beard who hath placed his hand upon the shoulder of the dark hard-faced cavalier in the rust-stained jupon.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The new-comer to whom this abrupt query had been addressed was a tall and exceedingly handsome cavalier who had just been ushered into the apartment.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Ha, John!” cried the prince, craning his neck, “who is this cavalier, and what is it that he desires?”
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Here rode dark-browed cavaliers from the sunny south, fiery soldiers from Gascony, graceful courtiers of Limousin or Saintonge, and gallant young Englishmen from beyond the seas.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
With a sorry hack one uses whip and spur, sire, said Chandos; but with a horse of blood and spirit a good cavalier is gentle and soothing, coaxing rather than forcing.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It was, as may well be imagined, no easy matter among so many noted cavaliers to choose out five on either side who should have precedence over their fellows.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
