Chevalier

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chevalier \Che`va*lier"\, n. [F., fr. LL. caballarius. See
     {Cavaller}.]
     1. A horseman; a knight; a gallant young man. "Mount,
        chevaliers; to arms." --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. A member of certain orders of knighthood.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     {Chevalier d'industrie}[F.], one who lives by persevering
        fraud; a pickpocket; a sharper.
  
     {The Chevalier St. George} (Eng. Hist.), James Francis Edward
        Stuart (son of James II.), called "The Pretender."
  
     {The Young Chevalier}, Charles Edward Stuart, son of the
        Chevalier St. George.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Chevalier
       n 1: French actor and cabaret singer (1888-1972) [syn: {Maurice
            Chevalier}]
       2: a gallant or courtly gentleman [syn: {cavalier}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "chevalier":
     Bayard, Don Quixote, Gawain, Lancelot, Ritter, Sidney, Sir Galahad,
     bachelor, banneret, baronet, broncobuster, buckaroo, caballero,
     cavalier, cavalryman, circus rider, companion, cowboy, cowgirl,
     cowpuncher, equestrian, equestrienne, gallant, gaucho,
     horse soldier, horseback rider, horsebacker, horseman, horsewoman,
     jockey, knight, knight bachelor, knight banneret, knight baronet,
     knight-errant, mounted policeman, postboy, postilion, puncher,
     rider, roughrider, steeplechaser, trick rider, vaquero