cavalier
English
/ˌkævəˈlɪəɹ/
adj
Definitions
- Not caring enough about something important.
- high-High-spirited.
- Supercilious.
- (historical) Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I of England (1600–1649).
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French cavalier (horseman) derived from cavaliere (knight, mounted soldier) derived from Old Occitan cavalier derived from Latin caballārius, caballus (pack horse, horse, nag, jade).
Origin
Latin
caballus
Gloss
pack horse, horse, nag, jade
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
馬
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Caballero English
- caballero English
- caballine English
- capel English
- cavalierish English
- cavalierism English
- cavalierly English
- cavalierness English
- uncavalier English
- *caballaricius Latin
- caballarius Latin
- caballico Latin
- caballicāre Latin
- caballicō Latin
- caballinus Latin
- caballus Latin
- caballārem, caballaris, caballāris Latin
- caballāris Latin
- caballārius Latin
- cavallus Latin
- cavaliere Italian
- cavallaio Italian
- cavallo Italian
- cheval French
- caballero Spanish, Castilian
- caballería Spanish, Castilian
- caballo Spanish, Castilian
- cavalheiro Portuguese
- cavalo Portuguese
- kapall Old Norse
- cheval Old French
- chevalier Old French
- keval Old French
- cavaller Catalan, Valencian
- cal Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- cârlan Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- καβαλάρης Greek (modern)
- qùeva Norman
- kalë Albanian
- cavalier Middle French
- cavaleiro Old Portuguese
- cavalo Old Portuguese
- *kapallos Proto-Celtic
- cal Aromanian
- chaval Romansh
- caballu Asturian
- cjaval Friulian
- cjavalâr Friulian
- caval Old Occitan
- cavalier Old Occitan
- cavaddu Sicilian
- cavało Venetian
- caval Dalmatian
- kabálu Kabuverdianu
- chevau Bourguignon
- caddu Sardinian
- *kaballos Gaulish
- caballos Gaulish
- caval Istriot
- cavallu Corsican
- kabalyero Hiligaynon
- caballo Aragonese
- cheval Franco-Provençal
- cvau Picard
- cavaliere roa-oit