caballero — meaning in English
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English meaning
- caballero noun A Spanish or Latin American gentleman or horseman.
- cavalier adj Careless or dismissive about something that actually matters; offhand to the point of recklessness.
- gentleman noun A polite, well-mannered, or honorable man.
- horseman noun A man who rides a horse, especially one who does so skillfully.
- knight noun In medieval Europe, an armoured warrior on horseback who served a lord, typically after training as a page and squire.
- prissy adj Excessively prim, fussy, or particular about small details.
Senses
caballero is used for these senses in English:
- gentleman Any well-bred, well-mannered, or charming man.
- gentleman (chiefly, _, historical) A man of gentle but not noble birth, particularly a man of means (originally ownership of property) who does not work for a living but has no official status in a peerage; (UK, _, law) an armigerous man ranking below a knight.
- horseman A man who rides a horse.
- horseman A soldier on horseback, especially a cavalryman.
- prissy Well-mannered; well-behaved.
cavalier — full definition
- adj Careless or dismissive about something that actually matters; offhand to the point of recklessness.
- noun Historically, a mounted soldier or knight, and later a supporter of King Charles I during the English Civil War.