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кавалери́ст — meaning in English

kavalerist

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English meaning

  • cavalier adj Careless or dismissive about something that actually matters; offhand to the point of recklessness.
  • cavalry noun Soldiers who fight from horseback, or, in modern armies, troops who move by fast, light vehicles.
  • cavalryman noun A soldier who serves in the cavalry.
  • horseman noun A man who rides a horse, especially one who does so skillfully.

Senses

кавалери́ст is used for these senses in English:

  • cavalier (historical) A military man serving on horse, (chiefly) early modern cavalry officers who had abandoned the heavy armor of medieval knights.
  • cavalry (military, countable) An individual unit of this arm of service.
  • cavalryman A soldier in the cavalry.
  • horseman A soldier on horseback, especially a cavalryman.

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.

cavalry — full definition

  1. noun Soldiers who fight from horseback, or, in modern armies, troops who move by fast, light vehicles.
  2. noun Figuratively, help that arrives just in time to save the day.
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