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==Origin==
Middle French, from Old Italian ''cavaliere'', from Old Occitan ''cavalier'', from Late Latin ''caballarius'' horseman, from Latin ''caballus''
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1589]
''Cavalier'' derives from the same [[Latin]] root as the French word ''chevalier'' (as well as the Spanish word ''caballero''), the Vulgar Latin word ''caballarius'', meaning “horseman”. Shakespeare used the word cavaleros to describe an overbearing swashbuckler or swaggering gallant in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_IV,_Part_2 Henry IV, Part 2], in which Shallow says "I'll drink to Master Bardolph, and to all the cavaleros about London."[2]
==Definitions==
:''noun''
*1:( Cavalier ) historical a supporter of King Charles I in the English Civil War.
:a: archaic or [[literary]] a courtly [[gentleman]], esp. one acting as a lady's [[escort]].
:b: archaic a horseman, esp. a cavalryman.
:c: a mounted [[soldier]] or a knight.
*2: (also Cavalier King Charles )a small spaniel of a breed with a moderately long, noncurly, silky coat.
:''adjective''
:1: showing a lack of proper concern; offhand: Anne was [[irritated]] by his cavalier [[attitude]].
==Description==
'''Cavalier''' was the name used by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundheads Parliamentarians] for a supporter of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_I_of_England King Charles I] and his son Charles II during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Civil_War English Civil War], the Interregnum, and the Restoration (1642 – c. 1679). Cavaliers were also known as ''Royalists''. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Rupert_of_the_Rhine Prince Rupert], commander of much of Charles I's cavalry, is often considered an [[archetypical]] Cavalier. Their clothes were leather knee high boots, tunics and hats complete with plumes.
==See also==
*'''''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavalier_poet Cavalier poet]'''''
==Origin==
Middle French, from Old Italian ''cavaliere'', from Old Occitan ''cavalier'', from Late Latin ''caballarius'' horseman, from Latin ''caballus''
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1589]
''Cavalier'' derives from the same [[Latin]] root as the French word ''chevalier'' (as well as the Spanish word ''caballero''), the Vulgar Latin word ''caballarius'', meaning “horseman”. Shakespeare used the word cavaleros to describe an overbearing swashbuckler or swaggering gallant in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_IV,_Part_2 Henry IV, Part 2], in which Shallow says "I'll drink to Master Bardolph, and to all the cavaleros about London."[2]
==Definitions==
:''noun''
*1:( Cavalier ) historical a supporter of King Charles I in the English Civil War.
:a: archaic or [[literary]] a courtly [[gentleman]], esp. one acting as a lady's [[escort]].
:b: archaic a horseman, esp. a cavalryman.
:c: a mounted [[soldier]] or a knight.
*2: (also Cavalier King Charles )a small spaniel of a breed with a moderately long, noncurly, silky coat.
:''adjective''
:1: showing a lack of proper concern; offhand: Anne was [[irritated]] by his cavalier [[attitude]].
==Description==
'''Cavalier''' was the name used by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundheads Parliamentarians] for a supporter of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_I_of_England King Charles I] and his son Charles II during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Civil_War English Civil War], the Interregnum, and the Restoration (1642 – c. 1679). Cavaliers were also known as ''Royalists''. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Rupert_of_the_Rhine Prince Rupert], commander of much of Charles I's cavalry, is often considered an [[archetypical]] Cavalier. Their clothes were leather knee high boots, tunics and hats complete with plumes.
==See also==
*'''''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavalier_poet Cavalier poet]'''''
