·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.