caballero

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Unlike the caballero, there were many business men so immersed in their affairs that they could not find time for a personal examination of the convent,--which was to be regretted,--but who, trusting to the reputation of the Sacred Heart and its good friends, simply sent the young lady there by some trusted female companion.

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  1. noun A Spanish gentleman; a cavalier.
  2. noun A man who is skilled in riding and managing horses; a horseman.

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  • Joe had one asset--he did not seem to get scared every time he heard Doc Savage's name mentioned It had been a windfall for Dr. Light and Snuffy Gonner when they discovered Joe, or José, knew of a rich Cuban planter who lived on an isolated sugar plantation, where he had a private flying field and a fat supply of high-test aviation gas This caballero is no friend of mine. —  129 - The Secret of the Su
  • "Thees caballero is awed all to goose pimples by your beauty I don't think anything would awe you," the Fraulino told him. —  122 - The King of Terror
  • From the classic sounds of old Mexico to today's hottest norteno stars, try Ranchero -- for the caballero in you.
  • Now go, young caballero, and bring him here; and by the time he arrives I shall be in a fit condition to set out On this, making another bow, I set off to return by the way I had come I had not gone far when I met Tim, who, ever careful about my safety, had followed me Hurrah! —  The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela
  • Carissimo caballero, adios I had no time to reflect upon the peculiarities of the note, though the boldness of the style struck me as corresponding with the other. —  The Rifle Rangers
 

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  1. Spanish, from Late Latin caballārius, horse groom, from Latin caballus, horse.

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  1. Spanish, formerly cavallero, a horseman: see cavalier.
 

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/kɑbɑˈljeɪroʊ/
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