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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Unchivalrous.

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  • Above all, such a being would be repelled by the entrepreneurs of the new design: the pushing, acquisitive, unchivalric representatives of mass man who, filling the vacuum left by the default of the old order, began to take over both political and economic power - the "rednecks" symbolized by William Faulkner as the Snopes family.

    The Private World of William Faulkner Coughlan, Robert, 1914- 1953

  • From jests to jibes, from taunts to blows, was then, as ever, an easy path; and in reply to some unchivalric remark concerning his lady-love, Douglas struck the slanderer with all his might.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861 Various

  • Buckner complained that the terms were ungenerous and unchivalric, but that necessity compelled him to accept them; and Grant telegraphed Halleck on February 16: “We have taken Fort Donelson, and from twelve to fifteen thousand prisoners.”

    A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Nicolay, John G 1904

  • "A stupid, unchivalric empire has designs upon me, perfunctorily perhaps, but it's just as well not to stir up the monkeys, as you Americans would put it."

    A Fool and His Money George Barr McCutcheon 1897

  • Although loath to believe Georgos can be guilty of an unchivalric deed, Sir Guyon and the palmer promise to call him to account as soon as they overtake him.

    The Book of the Epic 1894

  • Buckner complained that the terms were ungenerous and unchivalric, but that necessity compelled him to accept them; and Grant telegraphed Halleck on February 16: "We have taken Fort Donelson, and from twelve to fifteen thousand prisoners."

    A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History John George Nicolay 1866

  • Helen eluded him, and darted forward, to find her way stopped by her persecutor's companion, when, to her astonishment, a third person gently pushed aside the form that impeded her path, approached, and looking mute defiance at the unchivalric molesters, offered her his arm.

    Lucretia — Volume 04 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • a third person gently pushed aside the form that impeded her path, approached, and looking mute defiance at the unchivalric molesters, offered her his arm.

    Lucretia — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

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