cavalier

Definitions

1. 1.A gay, sprightly, military man; hence, a gallant.
2. 2.One of the court party in the time of king Charles L. as contrasted with a Roundhead or an adherent of Parliament. Clarendon.
3. 3.(Fort.) A work of more that ordinary heigh, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking surrounding parts.
4. 4.Gay; easy; offhand; frank. The plodding, persevering scupulous accuracy of the one, and the easy, cavalier, verbal fluency of the other, from a complete contrast. Hazlitt.
5. 5.High-spirited. [Obs.] "The people are naturally not valiant, and not much cavalier." Suckling.
6. 6.Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque.
7. 7.Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I. "An old Cavalier family." Beaconsfleld.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is a gay, sprightly, military man; hence, a gallant called?
• What is one of the court party in the time of king Charles L. as contrasted with a Roundhead or an adherent of Parliament. Clarendon called?
• What is a work of more that ordinary heigh, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking surrounding parts called?
• What is gay; easy; offhand; frank. The plodding, persevering scupulous accuracy of the one, and the easy, cavalier, verbal fluency of the other, from a complete contrast. Hazlitt called?
• What is high-spirited. [Obs.] "The people are naturally not valiant, and not much cavalier." Suckling called?
• What is supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque called?
• What is of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I. "An old Cavalier family." Beaconsfleld called?