chevalier

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Every now and then Monsieur raised his eyes to the ceiling, then lowered them towards the slices of pate which the chevalier was attacking, and finally, not caring to betray the resentment, he gesticulated in a manner which Harlequin might have envied.

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  1. noun A member of certain male orders of knighthood or merit, such as the Legion of Honor in France.
  2. noun A French nobleman of the lowest rank.
  3. noun Used as a title for such a nobleman.

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  • 'Hein All differences, I say,' resumed M. de Véron with unruffled calm and decision, 'between myself and the chevalier are arranged ŕ l'aimable_; and the contract of marriage will be ready, for your and Mademoiselle de Mérode's signature, on Monday next at two precisely Mine and Mademoiselle de Mérode's!' —  Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 447 Volume 18, New Series, July 24, 1852
  • I wondered what the chevalier could be saying in that low voice of his to move her so deeply. —  The Rose of Old St. Louis
  • He had also told her very plainly that he had suspected the chevalier of just such an attempt at her capture as he had made, and for that reason had been so unwilling that she should go to Chouteau's Pond Mademoiselle had listened, and had asked him many questions, and had at last said that she could not doubt the truth of her guardian, but she thought it possible the chevalier was honest also, and misjudged Dr. Saugrain because he did not know him. —  The Rose of Old St. Louis
  • I would scorn to be an eavesdropper under ordinary circumstances, but a chance word caught my ear, and when I found the chevalier was not pleading a lover's cause, but maligning my friend Dr. Saugrain to the maiden he loves as his own daughter, I felt it my duty to listen. —  The Rose of Old St. Louis
  • But you have used some harsh expressions concerning the chevalier, and I think it is possible you wrong him, even as he wronged my guardian. —  The Rose of Old St. Louis
 

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  1. Middle English chevaler, from Old French chevalier, from Late Latin caballārius, horseman; see cavalier.

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  1. from Middle English chivaler, chevalere, from Old French chevalier, modern F. chevalier, a horseman, knight, cavalier: see cavalier, which is a doublet.
 

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