cavalier (n.)

  1. a gallant or courtly gentleman

    [ Syn: chevalier ]

  2. a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War

    [ Syn: cavalier , royalist ]

    cavalier (adj.)

  1. given to haughty disregard of others

    [ Syn: high-handed ]

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