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chivalrous


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Chivalrous  \Chiv"al*rous\,  a.  [OF.  chevalerus  chevalereus  fr 
  chevalier.  See  {Chivalry}.] 
  Pertaining  to  chivalry  or  knight-errantry;  warlike;  heroic; 
  gallant;  high-spirited;  high-minded;  magnanimous. 
 
  In  brave  pursuit  of  chivalrous  emprise.  --Spenser. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  chivalrous 
  adj  :  having  the  qualities  of  gallantry  attributed  to  an  ideal 
  knight  [syn:  {gallant},  {knightly}] 




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