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Adjective: cavalier  `ka-vu'lir [N. Amer], `ka-vu'li-u(r) [Brit]
  1. Given to haughty disregard of others
    - high-handed
Noun: cavalier  `ka-vu'lir [N. Amer], `ka-vu'li-u(r) [Brit]
  1. A gallant or courtly gentleman
    - chevalier
Noun: Cavalier
  1. A royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War
    - Royalist

Derived forms: cavaliers, Cavaliers

See also: cavalierly, domineering

Type of: male aristocrat, monarchist, royalist

Encyclopedia: Cavalier, Jean Cavalier Cavalier, North Dakota Cavalier, ND