cavalier

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

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