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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cavalier \Cav`a*lier"\, a. Gay; easy; offhand; frank. The plodding, persevering scupulous accuracy of the one and the easy, cavalier, verbal fluency of the other form a complete contrast. --Hazlitt. 2. High-spirited. [Obs.] ``The people are naturally not valiant, and not much cavalier.'' --Suckling. 3. Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque. 4. Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I. ``An old Cavalier family.'' --Beaconsfield. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cavalier \Cav`a*lier"\ (k[a^]v`[.a]*l[=e]r"), n. [F. cavalier, It cavaliere, LL caballarius fr L. caballus. See {Cavalcade}, and cf {Chevalier}, {Caballine}.] 1. A military man serving on horseback; a knight. 2. A gay, sprightly, military man; hence a gallant. 3. One of the court party in the time of king Charles I. as contrasted with a Roundhead or an adherent of Parliament. --Clarendon. 4. (Fort.) A work of more than ordinary height, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking surrounding parts From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cavalier adj : given to haughty disregard of others [syn: {high-handed}] n 1: a gallant or courtly gentleman [syn: {chevalier}] 2: a supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War [syn: {Cavalier}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Cavalier, ND (city, FIPS 12940) Location: 48.79531 N, 97.62430 W Population (1990): 1508 (717 housing units) Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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