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cavalier
(encz) | cavalier,jezdec n: Jiří Šmoldas |
cavalier
(encz) | cavalier,kavalerista n: Jiří Šmoldas |
cavalier
(encz) | cavalier,kavalír n: Jiří Šmoldas |
cavalier
(encz) | cavalier,pyšný adj: Jiří Šmoldas |
cavalier
(encz) | cavalier,velkopanský adj: Jiří Šmoldas |
Cavalier
(gcide) | Cavalier \Cav`a*lier"\ (k[a^]v`[.a]*l[=e]r"), 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
(gcide) | Cavalier \Cav`a*lier"\, 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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cavalier
(wn) | cavalier
adj 1: given to haughty disregard of others [syn: cavalier,
high-handed]
n 1: a gallant or courtly gentleman [syn: cavalier,
chevalier]
2: a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil
War [syn: Cavalier, Royalist] |
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cavalier
(encz) | cavalier,jezdec n: Jiří Šmoldascavalier,kavalerista n: Jiří Šmoldascavalier,kavalír n: Jiří Šmoldascavalier,pyšný adj: Jiří Šmoldascavalier,velkopanský adj: Jiří Šmoldas |
cavalier hat
(encz) | cavalier hat, n: |
cavalierly
(encz) | cavalierly,arogantně adv: Zdeněk Brožcavalierly,povýšeně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
cavalierness
(encz) | cavalierness, |
Cavalierish
(gcide) | Cavalierish \Cav`a*lier"ish\, a.
Somewhat like a cavalier.
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Cavalierism
(gcide) | Cavalierism \Cav`a*lier"ism\, n.
The practice or principles of cavaliers. --Sir. W. Scott.
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Cavalierly
(gcide) | Cavalierly \Cav`a*lier"ly\, adv.
In a supercilious, disdainful, or haughty manner; arrogantly.
--Junius.
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Cavalierness
(gcide) | Cavalierness \Cav`a*lier"ness\, n.
A disdainful manner.
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Cavaliero
(gcide) | Cavalero \Cav`a*le"ro\, Cavaliero \Cav`a*lie"ro\
(k[a^]v`[.a]*l[=e]"ro), n. [Sp. caballero. See Cavalier.]
A cavalier; a gallant; a libertine. --Shak.
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Trench cavalier
(gcide) | Trench \Trench\, n. [OE. trenche, F. tranch['e]e. See Trench,
v. t.]
1. A long, narrow cut in the earth; a ditch; as, a trench for
draining land. --Mortimer.
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2. An alley; a narrow path or walk cut through woods,
shrubbery, or the like. [Obs.]
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In a trench, forth in the park, goeth she.
--Chaucer.
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3. (Fort.) An excavation made during a siege, for the purpose
of covering the troops as they advance toward the besieged
place. The term includes the parallels and the approaches.
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To open the trenches (Mil.), to begin to dig or to form the
lines of approach.
Trench cavalier (Fort.), an elevation constructed (by a
besieger) of gabions, fascines, earth, and the like, about
half way up the glacis, in order to discover and enfilade
the covered way.
Trench plow, or Trench plough, a kind of plow for opening
land to a greater depth than that of common furrows.
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cavalier
(wn) | cavalier
adj 1: given to haughty disregard of others [syn: cavalier,
high-handed]
n 1: a gallant or courtly gentleman [syn: cavalier,
chevalier]
2: a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil
War [syn: Cavalier, Royalist] |
cavalier hat
(wn) | cavalier hat
n 1: a soft felt hat with a wide flexible brim [syn: {cavalier
hat}, slouch hat] |
cavalierly
(wn) | cavalierly
adv 1: in a proud and domineering manner; "he treated his staff
cavalierly" [syn: disdainfully, cavalierly] |
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