cavalier

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Synonyms: lavalier, chevalier, caviler, caballer, cavaliere, cavaliero, caviller, cavaliers, gasalier, caillier, cavalia

Antonyms: lavalier, chevalier, caviler, caballer, cavaliere, cavaliero, caviller, cavaliers, gasalier, caillier, cavalia

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Adjective

1. Lacking the proper care or concern for something important, reckless, rash, high-handed.
2. [[high-spirited|High-spirited]].
3. [[supercilious|Supercilious]].
4. {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[free|Free]] and [[easy]]; [[unconcerned]] with [[formalities]]
5. {{lb|en|historical}} Of or pertaining to the party of {{w|King Charles I of England}} (1600–1649).

Noun

1. {{label|en|historical}} A [[military]] man serving on horse, {{label|en|chiefly}} [[early modern]] [[cavalry]] [[officer]]s who had abandoned the heavy armor of [[medieval]] [[knight]]s.
2. {{label|en|historical}} A [[gallant]]: a [[sprightly]] young [[dashing]] [[military]] man.
3. {{lb|en|historical}} A [[gentleman]] of the [[class]] of such [[officer]]s.
4. {{label|en|historical}} {{alternative case form of|en|Cavalier}}{{ngd|, a [[royalist]] [[partisan]] of {{w|Charles I of England|Charles I}} of [[England]] during the {{w|English Civil War}}, [[especially]] from the [[upper class]]es.}}
5. {{lb|en|slang}} Someone with an [[uncircumcised]] [[penis]].
6. {{label|en|architecture}} A [[defensive]] [[work]] rising from a [[bastion]], etc., and [[overlook]]ing the surrounding area.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive|dated}} Of a man: to act in a [[gallant]] and [[dashing]] manner toward (women).

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