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1. Cavalier
   Cavalier is British slang for an uncircumcised male.
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2. Cavalier
   HMS Cavalier was a British C Class destroyer of 1710 tons displacement launched in 1944. HMS Cavalier was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 34 knots and carried a crew of 186. She was armed with four 4.5 inch dual-purpose guns; four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; six 2...
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3. Cavalier
   Cavalier is British slang for an uncircumcised male.
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4. Cavalier
   [adj] - given to haughty disregard of others 2. [n] - a gallant or courtly gentleman 3. [n] - a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War
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5. cavalier
   Horseman of noble birth, but mainly used as a derogatory nickname to describe a male supporter of Charles I in the English Civil War (Cavalier), typically with courtly dress and long hair (as...
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6. Cavalier
   British cruiser tank [UK]
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7. Cavalier
   Raised structure containing a battery, usually sited above the centre of a bastion. Raising the battery gives a better trajectory.
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8. Cavalier
   Cav`a·lier' (kăv`ȧ*lēr') noun [ French cavalier , Italian cavaliere , Late Latin caballarius , from Latin caballus . See Cavalcade , and confer Chevalier , Caballine .] 1. A...
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9. Cavalier
   Cav`a·lier' adjective 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....
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10. cavalier
    high-handed adjective given to haughty disregard of others
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11. cavalier
    chevalier noun a gallant or courtly gentleman
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12. Cavalier
    • (a.) High-spirited. • (n.) A gay, sprightly, military man; hence, a gallant. • (a.) Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I. • (a.) Gay; easy; offhand; frank. • (n.) A military man serving on horseback; a knight. • (n.) A work of more than ordinary height, ris...
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13. Cavalier
    (from the article `cavalier`) In the English Civil Wars (1642–51), the name was adopted by Charles I`s supporters, who contemptuously called their opponents Roundheads; at the ... ...also passed for religious reasons, reflecting the mid-century Civil Wars in England. In America, as in England, plain dress and rich dress became, ......
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14. cavalier
    (from Late Latin caballarius, `horseman`), originally a rider or cavalryman; the term had the same derivation as the French chevalier. In English ...
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15. cavalier
    cavalier 1. An armed horseman; especially, a mounted soldier; a knight. 2. Someone having the spirit or bearing of a knight; a courtly gentleman; gallant. 3. A gallant or courteous gentleman; especially, one serving as a lady's escort. 4. Historically, when capitalized, an adherent of Charles I of...
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16. cavalier
    
    • a gallant or courtly gentleman
    • a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War
    
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17. cavalier
    cavalier (kăv"ulir') , in general, an armed horseman. In the English civil war the supporters of Charles I were called Cavaliers in contradistinction to the Roundheads, the followers of Parliament. The royalists used the designation until it was replaced by Tory.
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18. Cavalier
    Cavalier was a word meaning a horseman, whence a knight and a gentleman. In monarchical France the term 'chevalier' was a title of honour. The name was given to the followers of Charles I in derision in 1641 but afterwards became known in a more complimentary sense. During the Exclusion Bill of 1679 the term gave way to Tory.
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19. Cavalier
    In fortifications, a cavalier is an elevation of earth of different shapes, situated ordinarily in the gorge of a bastion, bordered with a parapet, and cut into more or less embrasures, according to the capacity of the cavalier.
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20. cavalier
    Horseman of noble birth, but mainly used as a derogatory nickname to describe a male supporter of Charles I in the English Civil War (Cavalier), typically with courtly dress and long hair (as distinct from a Roundhead); also a supporter of Charles II after the Restoration
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21. Cavalier
    `Cavalier` was the name used by Parliamentarians for a Royalist supporter of King Charles I and son Charles II during the English Civil War the Interregnum and the Restoration (1642– c. 1680). Prince Rupert, commander of much of Charles I`s cavalry, is often considered an archetypical ...
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22. Cavalier
    (magazine) `Cavalier` is an American magazine that was launched by Fawcett Publications in 1952 and has continued for decades, eventually evolving into a Playboy-style men`s magazine. It has no connection with the Frank Munsey pulp, The Cavalier, published in the early ye...
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23. Cavalier
    (fortification) and ditch of the Zamość Fortress The term `Cavalier` has been adopted from the French as a term in fortification for a work of great height constructed in the interior of a fort, bastion or other defence, so as to fire over the main parapet without interfering with the...
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24. Cavalier
    (N&W train) on July 11, 1953. `The Cavalier` was one of the named passenger trains of the Norfolk and Western Railway. Originally running from Norfolk, Virginia to Cincinnati, Ohio, by 1957 trains 15 and 16 had been cut back to a Petersburg, Virginia to Portsmouth, Ohio run. Servic...
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25. Cavalier
    (comics) image= --> `The Cavalier` is a fictional supervillain in the DC Comics universe. The character first appeared in Detective Comics #81, (November 1943), and was created by Don Cameron and publisher = Dorling Kindersley | place = New York | year = 2008 | isbn = 0-7566-4119-5 | o...
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