Chivalrous

3 definitions found

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

  Chivalrous \Chiv"al*rous\, a. [OF. chevalerus, chevalereus, fr.
     chevalier. See {Chivalry}.]
     Pertaining to chivalry or knight-errantry; warlike; heroic;
     gallant; high-spirited; high-minded; magnanimous.
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           In brave pursuit of chivalrous emprise.  --Spenser.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  chivalrous
       adj : having the qualities of gallantry attributed to an ideal
             knight [syn: {gallant}, {knightly}]

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

  74 Moby Thesaurus words for "chivalrous":
     aristocratic, benevolent, big, bighearted, bold, bold-spirited,
     brave, ceremonious, charitable, chivalric, considerate, courageous,
     courteous, courtly, doughty, ducal, elevated, exalted, formal,
     gallant, generous, genteel, gentle, gentlemanlike, gentlemanly,
     gracious, great, great of heart, greathearted, handsome, hardy,
     heroic, herolike, high, high-minded, idealistic, intrepid,
     ironhearted, kind, kinglike, kingly, knightlike, knightly,
     ladylike, largehearted, liberal, lionhearted, lofty, magnanimous,
     manful, manly, noble, noble-minded, of gentle blood, of rank,
     old-fashioned, old-world, openhanded, patrician, polite,
     princelike, princely, queenlike, queenly, quite the lady,
     soldierlike, soldierly, stalwart, stout, stouthearted, sublime,
     titled, valiant, valorous