Meaning of CHEVALIER
| Pronunciation: | | `shevu'leer, shu'valyey
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- [n] a gallant or courtly gentleman
- [n] French actor and cabaret singer (1888-1972)
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| | Synonyms: | | cavalier, Maurice Chevalier |
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| | See Also: | | actor, histrion, male aristocrat, player, role player, singer, thespian, vocaliser, vocalist, vocalizer | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Che`va*lier"\, n. [F., fr. LL. caballarius. See
{Cavaller}.]
1. A horseman; a knight; a gallant young man. ``Mount,
chevaliers; to arms.'' --Shak.
2. A member of certain orders of knighthood.
{Chevalier d'industrie}[F.], one who lives by persevering
fraud; a pickpocket; a sharper.
{The Chevalier St. George} (Eng. Hist.), James Francis Edward
Stuart (son of James II.), called ``The Pretender.''
{The Young Chevalier}, Charles Edward Stuart, son of the
Chevalier St. George.
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| | Related Terms: | | bachelor, banneret, baronet, Bayard, broncobuster, buckaroo, caballero, cavalier, cavalryman, circus rider, companion, cowboy, cowgirl, cowpuncher, Don Quixote, equestrian, equestrienne, gallant, gaucho, Gawain, horse soldier, horseback rider, horsebacker, horseman, horsewoman, jockey, knight, knight bachelor, knight banneret, knight baronet, knight-errant, Lancelot, mounted policeman, postboy, postilion, puncher, rider, Ritter, roughrider, Sidney, Sir Galahad, steeplechaser, trick rider, vaquero |
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