1) American literary magazine 2) American monthly magazine 3) Character created by Bob Kane 4) Cleveland NBA player 5) Disdainful 6) Domineering 7) Fictional gay male 8) French word used in English 9) High-handed 10) High-handed, supercilious 11) King Charles, canine breed 12) Showing haughty disregard
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1) Chevalier 2) Daring 3) Devil may care 4) Discourteous 5) Domineering
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- a gallant or courtly gentleman
- a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War
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Cavalier (ər) was the name used by Parliamentarians for a supporter of King Charles I and his son Charles II during the English Civil War, the Interregnum, and the Restoration (1642 – c. 1679). Cavaliers were also known as Royalists. Prince Rupert, commander of much of Charles I`s cavalry, is often considered an archetypical Cavalier. Cavalier....
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[N&W train] 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. Service to Norfolk was maintained by combining train 15 with train 27, and train 16 wi...
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[fortification] 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 fire of the latter. A greater volume of fire can thus be obtained, but the great height of ...
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[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 years of the 20th century. In its original format, Cavalier was planned by...
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• (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, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc., and ...
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(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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(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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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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A follower of Charles I of England (ruled c. 1625-49) in his struggles with the Puritan-dominated pa
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Raised structure containing a battery, usually sited above the centre of a bastion. Raising the battery gives a better trajectory.
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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 military man serving on horseback; a knight.
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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. [ Obsolete] 'The people are naturally not valiant...
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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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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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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 20 mm anti-aircraft guns; four 21-inch torpedo tube...
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Cavalier is British slang for an uncircumcised male.
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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 England in his contest with Parliament. 5. Showin...
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A cavalier is the male partner of a ballerina.
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British cruiser tank [UK]
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high-handed adjective given to haughty disregard of others
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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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[Intelligent words] given to haughty disregard of others
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