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

cavalier \cav`alier"\ ka^v`.al=er", 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.
      1913 webster

   2. a gay, sprightly, military man; hence, a gallant.
      1913 webster

   3. one of the court party in the time of king charles i. as
      contrasted with a roundhead or an adherent of parliament.
      --clarendon.
      1913 webster

   4. fort. a work of more than ordinary height, rising from
      the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking
      surrounding parts.
      1913 webster
see also:
cavalcade chevalier caballine 

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

cavalier \cav`alier"\, a.
   offhand; unceremonious; gay; easy; frank. opposed to
   serious.
   1913 webster +pjc

         the plodding, persevering scupulous accuracy of the
         one, and the easy, cavalier, verbal fluency of the
         other, form a complete contrast. --hazlitt.
   1913 webster

   2. high-spirited. obs. "the people are naturally not
      valiant, and not much cavalier." --suckling.
      1913 webster

   3. supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque.
      1913 webster

   4. of or pertaining to the party of king charles i. "an old
      cavalier family." --beaconsfield.
      1913 webster
see also:
serious 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

cavalier
     adj : given to haughty disregard of others syn: high-handed
     n 1: a gallant or courtly gentleman syn: chevalier
     2: a royalist supporter of charles i during the english civil
        war
see also:
high-handed chevalier 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

113 moby thesaurus words for "cavalier":
   bayard, casanova, don juan, don quixote, gawain, lancelot,
   lothario, ritter, romeo, sidney, sir galahad, abrupt, aggressive,
   amoroso, arrogant, bachelor, banneret, baronet, bearish, beastly,
   beau, bluff, blunt, bodyguard, boyfriend, brash, broncobuster,
   brusque, buckaroo, caballero, cavaliere servente, cavalryman,
   chaperon, chevalier, churlish, circus rider, companion, conductor,
   contemptuous, contumelious, convoy, cowboy, cowgirl, cowpuncher,
   crusty, curt, disdainful, dismissive, duenna, equestrian,
   equestrienne, escort, esquire, fellow, fellow traveler, flame,
   gallant, gaucho, gigolo, gruff, guard, harsh, haughty,
   high-and-mighty, horse soldier, horseback rider, horsebacker,
   horseman, horsewoman, inamorato, insolent, jockey, knight,
   knight bachelor, knight banneret, knight baronet, knight-errant,
   lady-killer, lofty, love-maker, man, mounted policeman, necker,
   old man, overbearing, petter, philanderer, postboy, postilion,
   puncher, rider, rough, roughrider, safe-conduct, seducer, severe,
   sharp, sheik, shepherd, short, snippy, squire, steeplechaser,
   sugar daddy, supercilious, superior, surly, swain, trick rider,
   truculent, usher, vaquero, young man

[5] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

cavalier, nd city, fips 12940
  location: 48.79531 n, 97.62430 w
  population 1990: 1508 717 housing units
  area: 1.8 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

cavalier -- u.s. county in north dakota
   population 2000:    4831
   housing units 2000: 2725
   land area 2000:     1488.458592 sq. miles 3855.089893 sq. km
   water area 2000:    21.678216 sq. miles 56.146319 sq. km
   total area 2000:    1510.136808 sq. miles 3911.236212 sq. km
   located within:       north dakota nd, fips 38
   location:             48.755148 n, 98.463479 w
   headwords:
    cavalier
    cavalier, nd
    cavalier county
    cavalier county, nd

[7] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

cavalier, nd -- u.s. city in north dakota
   population 2000:    1537
   housing units 2000: 750
   land area 2000:     0.793037 sq. miles 2.053957 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.793037 sq. miles 2.053957 sq. km
   fips code:            12940
   located within:       north dakota nd, fips 38
   location:             48.795416 n, 97.623259 w
   zip codes 1990:    
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    cavalier, nd
    cavalier

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