Meaning

3 senses
  1. (historical)A royalist partisan of Charles I of England during the English Civil War, especially from the upper classes.

    a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War

  2. A Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.

  3. A Chevrolet Cavalier.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. The cavaliers were decimated by the artillery.

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  2. Many drivers have a cavalier attitude towards the rules of the road.

    deViele Fahrer halten Vergehen im Straßenverkehr für Kavaliersdelikte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · patgfisher · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  3. The victory spared the Cavaliers from setting the longest skid in North American professional sports history.

    CC0 · Tatoeba · Cangarejo · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  4. I don't know whether you observed it, Watson, but the Colonel's manner has been just a trifle cavalier to me.

Origin

From cavalier, q.v.

From cavalier, q.v.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: Cavaliers
SingularCavalier
PluralCavaliers

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War:Royalist
  • a gallant or courtly gentleman:chevalier

Antonyms

2 antonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
Cavalier — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto