Chevalier
[,ʃevə'lɪə]
Definition
(n.) A horseman; a knight; a gallant young man.
(n.) A member of certain orders of knighthood.
Editor: Tamara
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Knight, CAVALIER.
Typed by Harrison
Definition
n. a cavalier: a knight: a gallant.
Typist: Mag
Examples
- Well, they have got a bad name, said Maurice quite apologetically; but I don't think this one is a _chevalier d'industrie_. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Moreover, I myself, will be her preux chevalier, sixty and gouty though I be. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Here was her preux chevalier of a brother turned merchant, trader! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The herald, then, seeing each champion in his place, uplifted his voice, repeating thrice--Faites vos devoirs, preux chevaliers! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
Editor: Thea