Definitions for Cavalier

Cavalier cav·a·lier

Spelling: [kav-uh-leer, kav-uh-leer]
IPA: /ˌkæv əˈlɪər, ˈkæv əˌlɪər/

Cavalier is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 291 anagrams from letters in Cavalier (aaceilrv).

Definitions for Cavalier

noun

  1. a horseman, especially a mounted soldier; knight.
  2. one having the spirit or bearing of a knight; a courtly gentleman; gallant.
  3. a man escorting a woman or acting as her partner in dancing.
  4. (initial capital letter) an adherent of Charles I of England in his contest with Parliament.

adjective

  1. haughty, disdainful, or supercilious:
  2. offhand or unceremonious:
  3. (initial capital letter) of or relating to the Cavaliers.
  4. (initial capital letter) of, relating to, or characteristic of the Cavalier poets or their work.

verb (used without object)

  1. to play the cavalier.
  2. to be haughty or domineering.

Origin of Cavalier

1590-1600; Middle French: horseman, knight Old Italian cavaliere Old Provençal Late Latin caballārius man on horseback, equivalent to Latin caball(us) horse (cf.

Examples for Cavalier

"There is a cost to such a cavalier attitude," said Aparício, the former Bolivian ambassador to Washington.

And why should her father mistrust this splendid-looking Spanish cavalier?

“Some reporters may take a cavalier attitude about being a martyr for a cause,” the friend added.

One of our two surviving dogs (since the death of our beloved yellow Lab Cobber) is a cavalier.

History has a cavalier way of recording the benefits of conquest.

Treat this cavalier with all the respect and worship due to his birth and merits.

No banker who truly understands risk should be so cavalier about it.

At all events, I have not danced four dances in one evening with one cavalier.

“Wrong station, mate, you want the next,” you tell a strapping boy in a cavalier cloak.

"The rest of the planking's sure to be gone by this time," continues the cavalier.

Word Value for Cavalier
Scrable

13

Words with friends

16

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