Chevalier
//ˌʃɛvəˈlɪɚ// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 cavalier; knight historical
- 2 a gallant or courtly gentleman wordnet
- 3 In tarot cards, the card between the valet and the dame.
Example
More examples"The Marquise de Brinvilliers was accused of having conspired with her lover, the Chevalier de Sainte Croix, to poison her father and her two brothers in order to inherit their estates."
Etymology
From Middle English chivaler or chevaler (also shyvalere while code-switching), from Anglo-Norman chevaler or chivaler, later refashioned after French chevalier, from Late Latin caballārius (“horseman”), from Latin caballus (“horse”). Doublet of caballero and cavalier.
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