Definition of cavalier Cavalier

/kæˌvʌlɪˈɹ/ - [katvulir] - Cav•a•lier

We found 25 definitions of cavalier from 7 different sources.

What does cavalier mean?

Noun Plural: cavaliers
cavalier - a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War
		Royalist
cavalier - a gallant or courtly gentleman
		chevalier
Adjective
cavalier - given to haughty disregard of others
		high-handed
		domineering tending to domineer

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cavalier (Noun)
A military man serving on horse.
cavalier (Noun)
A sprightly, military man; hence, a gallant.
cavalier (Noun)
One of the court party in the time of King Charles I, as contrasted with a Roundhead or an adherent of Parliament.
cavalier (Noun)
A work of more than ordinary height, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc. , and overlooking surrounding parts.
cavalier (Noun)
A well mannered man; a gentleman.
cavalier (Adjective)
Not caring enough about something important.
cavalier (Adjective)
High-spirited.
cavalier (Adjective)
Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque.
cavalier (Adjective)
Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I.

cavalier (n.)
A military man serving on horseback; a knight.
cavalier (n.)
A gay, sprightly, military man; hence, a gallant.
cavalier (n.)
One of the court party in the time of king Charles I. as contrasted with a Roundhead or an adherent of Parliament.
cavalier (n.)
A work of more than ordinary height, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking surrounding parts.
cavalier (a.)
Gay; easy; offhand; frank.
cavalier (a.)
High-spirited.
cavalier (a.)
Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque.
cavalier (a.)
Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I.

cavalier
kav-al-ēr′, n. a knight: a Royalist in the great Civil War: a swaggering fellow: a gallant or gentleman in attendance upon a lady, as her escort or partner in a dance or the like: in military fortification, a raised work so situated as to command the neighbouring country.—adj. like a cavalier: gay: war-like: haughty, supercilious, free-and-easy.—v.i. to act as cavalier.—adj. Cavalier′ish.—n. Cavalier′ism.—adv. Cavalier′ly.—n. Cavalier′o, a cavalier.—Cavaliere-servente (It.), one who waits upon a lady, esp. a married lady, with fantastic devotion—a cicisbeo. [Fr.,—It. cavallo. See Cavalcade.]

cavalier
In fortification, a work raised considerably higher than its neighbours, but generally of similar plan. Its object is to afford a plunging fire, especially into the near approaches of a besieger, and to shelter adjacent faces from enfilade. Its most frequent position in fortresses is at the salient of the ravelin, or within the bastion; and in siege-works in the advanced trenches, for the purpose of enabling the musketry of the attack to drive the defenders out of the covered way.

cavalier
Originally meant any horse-soldier, but in English history is the name given to the party which adhered to King Charles I., in opposition to the Roundheads, or friends of the Parliament.
cavalier
In fortification, is a defense-work constructed on the terre-plein, or level ground of a bastion. It rises to a height varying from 8 to 12 feet above the rampart, and has a parapet about 6 feet high. Its uses are to command any rising ground held by the enemy within cannon-shot, and to guard the curtain, or plain wall between two bastions, from being enfiladed. A cavalier battery--used in siege operations--is a battery of which the terre-plein, or platform of earth on which the gun stands, is above the ordinary level of the ground.