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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CHEVALIER, n.
1. A knight; a gallant young man.
2. In heraldry, a horseman armed at all points.
CHEVEN, n. A river fish, the chub.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: French actor and cabaret singer (1888-1972) [syn: Chevalier, Maurice Chevalier]
2: a gallant or courtly gentleman [syn: cavalier, chevalier]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin caballarius horseman — more at cavalier Date: 14th century 1. a. cavalier 2 b. a member of any of various orders of knighthood or of merit (as the Legion of Honor) 2. a. a member of the lowest rank of French nobility b. a cadet of the French nobility 3. a chivalrous man

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a a member of certain orders of knighthood, and of modern French orders, as the Legion of Honour. b archaic or hist. a knight. 2 hist. the title of the Old and Young Pretenders. 3 a chivalrous man; a cavalier. Etymology: ME f. AF chevaler, OF chevalier f. med.L caballarius f. L caballus horse

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Chevalier Che`va*lier", n. [F., fr. LL. caballarius. See Cavaller.] 1. A horseman; a knight; a gallant young man. ``Mount, chevaliers; to arms.'' --Shak. 2. A member of certain orders of knighthood. Chevalier d'industrie[F.], one who lives by persevering fraud; a pickpocket; a sharper. The Chevalier St. George (Eng. Hist.), James Francis Edward Stuart (son of James II.), called ``The Pretender.'' The Young Chevalier, Charles Edward Stuart, son of the Chevalier St. George.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Knight, horseman, cavalier.

Moby Thesaurus

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