cavalier
- Adjective. Not caring enough about something important.
- Adjective. High-spirited.
- Adjective. Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque.
- Adjective. Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I.
- Noun. A military man serving on horse.
- Noun. A sprightly, military man; hence, a gallant.
- Noun. One of the court party in the time of King Charles I, as contrasted with a Roundhead or an adherent of Parliament.
- Noun. A work of more than ordinary height, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking surrounding parts.
- Noun. A well mannered man; a gentleman.
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