chevalier — meaning in English

English meaning

• cavalier adj Careless or dismissive about something that actually matters; offhand to the point of recklessness.
• knight noun In medieval Europe, an armoured warrior on horseback who served a lord, typically after training as a page and squire.

Senses

chevalier is used for these senses in English:

• knight (by extension) An armored and mounted warrior of the Middle Ages.
• knight (modern) A person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch.
• sandpiper Any of various small waders of the family Scolopacidae.

cavalier — full definition

1. adj Careless or dismissive about something that actually matters; offhand to the point of recklessness.
2. noun Historically, a mounted soldier or knight, and later a supporter of King Charles I during the English Civil War.

knight — full definition

1. noun In medieval Europe, an armoured warrior on horseback who served a lord, typically after training as a page and squire.
2. noun In Britain, a man who has been honoured by the monarch for outstanding achievement and is entitled to use "Sir" before his name.
3. noun A chess piece, usually shaped like a horse's head, that moves in an L-shape and can jump over other pieces.
4. verb To formally confer a knighthood on someone.

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