(แคฟวะเลีย') n. ทหารม้า,คนขี่ม้า,สุภาพบุรุษที่ชอบเอาใจสตรี,คนเจ้าชู้,คนที่ชอบสนุกสนาน adj. เปิดเผย,มีใจอิสระ,หยิ่งยะโส,จองหอง,ขี้ประจบ,มีใจนักเลง., See also:cavalierism n. ดูcavaliercavalierness n. ดูcavalier, Syn. o
[qi2 shi4, 騎士] a knight (i.e. nobility in Europe); a cavalier[Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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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