noun
Meaning 1
cavalier; knight
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
chevalier
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˌʃɛvəˈlɪɚ/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: SH EH2 V AH0 L IH1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
In tarot cards, the card between the valet and the dame.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: card-games, games
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a gallant or courtly gentleman
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cavalier
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: male aristocrat
noun
Meaning 4
French actor and cabaret singer (1888-1972)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Maurice Chevalier
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: actor, histrion, player, thespian, role player, singer, vocalist, vocalizer, vocaliser
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *kaballosder.? Latin caballus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Late Latin caballārius Old French chevalier Anglo-Norman chevalerbor. ▲ Old French chevalier Middle French chevalierbor. Middle English chivaler English chevalier From Middle English chivaler or chevaler (also shyvalere while code-switching), from Anglo-Norman chevaler or chivaler, later refashioned after French chevalier, from Late Latin caballārius (“horseman”), from Latin caballus (“horse”). Doublet of caballero and cavalier.
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