Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A member of certain male orders of knighthood or merit, such as the Legion of Honor in France.
- n. A French nobleman of the lowest rank.
- n. Used as a title for such a nobleman.
- n. A knight.
- n. A chivalrous man.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A horseman; a knight; a cavalier; a gallant soldier.
- n. The lowest title of rank in the old French nobility.
- n. A member or knight of an honorable order, especially one who holds the lowest rank in such an order when there are more ranks than one: as, a chevalier of the Legion of Honor. The word in this sense is not used as a title of address. Compare cavalier.
- n. In heraldry, an armed knight, usually mounted. If mounted, the blazon should state the fact.
- n. In ornithology, an old and disused name of the greenshank, redshank, and other birds of the genus Totanus. Also called gambet and horseman
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A horseman; a knight; a gallant young man.
- n. A member of certain orders of knighthood.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a gallant or courtly gentleman
- n. French actor and cabaret singer (1888-1972)
Etymologies
- Middle English, from Old French, from Latin caballus (Wiktionary)
- Middle English chevaler, from Old French chevalier, from Late Latin caballārius, horseman; see cavalier. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The chevalier was the second son of a French gentleman of large estates in France, who had been some years deceased.”
“Peregrine, not a little piqued to hear the qualifications of such a celebrated actor in England treated with such freedom and disrespect, answered, with some asperity, that the chevalier was a true critic, more industrious in observing the blemishes than in acknowledging the excellence of those who fell under his examination.”
““The chevalier is a fool!” declared Martial promptly.”
“The chevalier is a great soldier and the bravest of men, but he has one fault.”
“He noticed also that while the others were drinking wine, although he himself did not, the chevalier was the only one within his view who also abstained.”
“But it passed, as he remembered that the chevalier was a woodsman of experience and surpassing skill.”
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“It is only that the lion -- Nero, that is, the chevalier's special pride and special pet -- seems to have undergone some great and inexplicable change, as though he is at times under some evil spell, which lasts but a moment and yet makes that moment a tragical one.”
“It is only that the lion, Nero, that is, the chevalier's special pride and special pet, seems to have undergone some great and inexplicable change, as though he is at times under some evil spell, which lasts but a moment and yet makes that moment a tragical one.”
“The chevalier is a fool!" declared Martial promptly.”
“When I came into the world the only living member of the younger branch was Monsieur Hubert de Mauprat, known as the chevalier, because he belonged to the Order of the Knights of Malta; a man just as good as his cousin was bad.”
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