cavalier
Meaning
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- Not caring enough about something important.
- High-spirited.
- Supercilious.
- Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I of England (1600–1649).
Synonyms
degage
haught
drawn by horses
horse-tamer
relating to a horse
not surprised
debonair
Frequency
Hyphenated as
cav‧a‧lier
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌkævəˈlɪɚ/
Etymology
First attested in 1589. Borrowed from Middle French cavalier (“horseman”), itself borrowed from Old Italian cavaliere (“mounted soldier, knight”), borrowed from Old Occitan cavalier, from Late Latin caballārius (“horseman”), from Latin caballus (“horse”), probably from Gaulish caballos 'nag', variant of cabillos (compare Welsh ceffyl, Breton kefel, Irish capall), akin to German (Swabish) Kōb 'nag' and Old Church Slavonic кобꙑла (kobyla) 'mare'. Previous English forms include cavalero and cavaliero. Doublet of caballero and chevalier.
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