Chevalier

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  • noun. A member of certain male orders of knighthood or merit, such as the Legion of Honor in France.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A French nobleman of the lowest rank.
  • noun. Used as a title for such a nobleman.
  • noun. A knight.
  • noun. A chivalrous man.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A horseman; a knight; a cavalier; a gallant soldier.
  • noun. The lowest title of rank in the old French nobility.
  • noun. A member or knight of an honorable order, especially one who holds the lowest rank in such an order when there are more ranks than one: as, a chevalier of the Legion of Honor. The word in this sense is not used as a title of address. Compare cavalier.
  • noun. In heraldry, an armed knight, usually mounted. If mounted, the blazon should state the fact.
  • noun. In ornithology, an old and disused name of the greenshank, redshank, and other birds of the genus Totanus. Also called gambet and horseman
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A horseman; a knight; a gallant young man.
  • noun. A member of certain orders of knighthood.
  • noun. one who lives by persevering fraud; a pickpocket; a sharper.
  • noun. James Francis Edward Stuart (son of James II.), called “The Pretender.”
  • noun. Charles Edward Stuart, son of the Chevalier St. George.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A cavalier; a knight.
  • noun. In tarot cards, the card between the valet and the dame
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a gallant or courtly gentleman
  • noun. French actor and cabaret singer (1888-1972)
  • Word Usage
    "The chevalier was the second son of a French gentleman of large estates in France, who had been some years deceased."
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    cavalier  
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    Bombardier  Clear  Deere  Fear  Greer  
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    Aton  L'Enfant  as-tu  avois  big-name  
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