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   Cavalier (kăvˌȧ‑lērˈ), n. [F. cavalier, It. cavaliere, LL. caballarius, fr. L. caballus. See Cavalcade, and cf. Chevalier, Caballine.]
   1. A military man serving on horseback; a knight.
   
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   2. A gay, sprightly, military man; hence, a gallant.
   
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   3. One of the court party in the time of king Charles I. as contrasted with a Roundhead or an adherent of Parliament.  Clarendon.
   
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   4. (Fort.) A work of more than ordinary height, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking surrounding parts.
   
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   Cavalier, a. offhand; unceremonious; gay; easy; frank.  Opposed to serious.
   
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   The plodding, persevering scupulous accuracy of the one, and the easy, cavalier, verbal fluency of the other, form a complete contrast.  Hazlitt.
   
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   2. High-spirited. [Obs.] “The people are naturally not valiant, and not much cavalier.”  Suckling.
   
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   3. Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque.
   
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   4. Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I. “An old Cavalier family.”  Beaconsfield.
   
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