cavalier
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Cavalier \Cav`a*lier"\ (k[a^]v`[.a]*l[=e]r"), n. [F. cavalier,
It. cavaliere, LL. caballarius, fr. L. caballus. See
{Cavalcade}, and cf. {Chevalier}, {Caballine}.]
1. A military man serving on horseback; a knight.
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2. A gay, sprightly, military man; hence, a gallant.
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3. One of the court party in the time of king Charles I. as
contrasted with a Roundhead or an adherent of Parliament.
--Clarendon.
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4. (Fort.) A work of more than ordinary height, rising from
the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking
surrounding parts.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Cavalier \Cav`a*lier"\, a.
offhand; unceremonious; gay; easy; frank. Opposed to
{serious}.
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The plodding, persevering scupulous accuracy of the
one, and the easy, cavalier, verbal fluency of the
other, form a complete contrast. --Hazlitt.
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2. High-spirited. [Obs.] "The people are naturally not
valiant, and not much cavalier." --Suckling.
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3. Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque.
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4. Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I. "An old
Cavalier family." --Beaconsfield.
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from
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Cavalier, ND (city, FIPS 12940)
Location: 48.79531 N, 97.62430 W
Population (1990): 1508 (717 housing units)
Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
from
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Cavalier, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota
Population (2000): 1537
Housing Units (2000): 750
Land area (2000): 0.793037 sq. miles (2.053957 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.793037 sq. miles (2.053957 sq. km)
FIPS code: 12940
Located within: North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location: 48.795416 N, 97.623259 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Cavalier, ND
Cavalier
from
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
Cavalier -- U.S. County in North Dakota
Population (2000): 4831
Housing Units (2000): 2725
Land area (2000): 1488.458592 sq. miles (3855.089893 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 21.678216 sq. miles (56.146319 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1510.136808 sq. miles (3911.236212 sq. km)
Located within: North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location: 48.755148 N, 98.463479 W
Headwords:
Cavalier
Cavalier, ND
Cavalier County
Cavalier County, ND
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
113 Moby Thesaurus words for "cavalier":
Bayard, Casanova, Don Juan, Don Quixote, Gawain, Lancelot,
Lothario, Ritter, Romeo, Sidney, Sir Galahad, abrupt, aggressive,
amoroso, arrogant, bachelor, banneret, baronet, bearish, beastly,
beau, bluff, blunt, bodyguard, boyfriend, brash, broncobuster,
brusque, buckaroo, caballero, cavaliere servente, cavalryman,
chaperon, chevalier, churlish, circus rider, companion, conductor,
contemptuous, contumelious, convoy, cowboy, cowgirl, cowpuncher,
crusty, curt, disdainful, dismissive, duenna, equestrian,
equestrienne, escort, esquire, fellow, fellow traveler, flame,
gallant, gaucho, gigolo, gruff, guard, harsh, haughty,
high-and-mighty, horse soldier, horseback rider, horsebacker,
horseman, horsewoman, inamorato, insolent, jockey, knight,
knight bachelor, knight banneret, knight baronet, knight-errant,
lady-killer, lofty, love-maker, man, mounted policeman, necker,
old man, overbearing, petter, philanderer, postboy, postilion,
puncher, rider, rough, roughrider, safe-conduct, seducer, severe,
sharp, sheik, shepherd, short, snippy, squire, steeplechaser,
sugar daddy, supercilious, superior, surly, swain, trick rider,
truculent, usher, vaquero, young man
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