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Cav`a*lier" (kăv`&adot_;*l&ē;r"), n. [F. cavalier, It. cavaliere, LL. caballarius, fr. L. caballus. See Cavalcade, and cf. Chevalier, Caballine.] 1. A military man serving on horseback; a knight.
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2. A gay, sprightly, military man; hence, a gallant.
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3. One of the court party in the time of king Charles I. as contrasted with a Roundhead or an adherent of Parliament. Clarendon.
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4. (Fort.) A work of more than ordinary height, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking surrounding parts.
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Cav`a*lier", a. offhand; unceremonious; gay; easy; frank. Opposed to serious.
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The plodding, persevering scupulous accuracy of the one, and the easy, cavalier, verbal fluency of the other, form a complete contrast. Hazlitt.
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2. High-spirited. [Obs.] “The people are naturally not valiant, and not much cavalier.” Suckling.
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3. Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque.
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4. Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I. “An old Cavalier family.” Beaconsfield.
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