Definition of CAVALIER

cavalier

Plural: cavaliers

Noun

  • a gallant or courtly gentleman
  • a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War
  • A military man serving on horse, (chiefly) early modern cavalry officers who had abandoned the heavy armor of medieval knights.
  • A gallant: a sprightly young dashing military man.
  • A gentleman of the class of such officers, particularly
  • A gentleman of the class of such officers
  • A courtesan or noble under Charles I of England, particularly a royalist partisan during the English Civil War which ended his reign.
  • Someone with an uncircumcised penis.
  • A defensive work rising from a bastion, etc., and overlooking the surrounding area.

Adjective Satellite

  • given to haughty disregard of others

Adj

  • Lacking the proper care or concern for something important.
  • High-spirited.
  • Supercilious.
  • Free and easy; unconcerned with formalities
  • Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I of England (1600–1649).

Verb

Verb Forms: cavaliered, cavaliering, cavaliers

  • To act or behave in a haughty, arrogant, or dismissive manner.
  • Of a man: to act in a gallant and dashing manner toward (women).

Examples

  • She would CAVALIER the advice of her Words With Friends coach, convinced her own strategy was superior.

Origin / Etymology

First appears c. 1562 in a translation by Peter Whitehorne. 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.

Synonyms

chevalier, high-handed, Royalist, brusque, curt, disdainful, haughty

Antonyms

Roundhead, roundhead, stiff

Scrabble Score: 13

cavalier: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
cavalier: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cavalier: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

cavalier: valid Words With Friends Word