cavalier
Short definition from Wiktionary
Adjective
- Lacking the proper care or concern for something important, reckless, rash, high-handed.
- High-spirited.
- Supercilious.
- Free and easy; unconcerned with formalities
- Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I of England (1600–1649).
Noun
- A military man serving on horse, (chiefly) early modern cavalry officers who had abandoned the heavy armor of medieval knights.
- A gallant: a sprightly young dashing military man.
- A gentleman of the class of such officers, particularly
- A gentleman of the class of such officers: A courtesan or noble under Charles I of England, particularly a royalist partisan during the English Civil War which ended his reign.
- Someone with an uncircumcised penis.
- A defensive work rising from a bastion, etc., and overlooking the surrounding area.
- A Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.
- A Chevrolet Cavalier.
Verb
- Of a man: to act in a gallant and dashing manner toward (women).
Proper noun
- A small city, the county seat of Pembina County, North Dakota, United States.
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