Cavalier

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj High-spirited.

II. Cavalier ·adj Gay; easy; offhand; frank.

III. Cavalier ·noun A military man serving on horseback; a knight.

IV. Cavalier ·adj Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I.

V. Cavalier ·noun A gay, sprightly, military man; hence, a gallant.

VI. Cavalier ·adj Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque.

VII. Cavalier ·noun One of the court party in the time of king Charles I. as contrasted with a Roundhead or an adherent of Parliament.

VIII. Cavalier ·noun A work of more than ordinary height, rising from the level ground of a bastion, ·etc., and overlooking surrounding parts.

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