Word Definition

Cavalier

  1. Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque.
  2. Gay; easy; offhand; frank.
  3. A gay, sprightly, military man; hence, a gallant.
  4. High-spirited.
  5. One of the court party in the time of king Charles I. as contrasted with a Roundhead or an adherent of Parliament.
  6. A work of more than ordinary height, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking surrounding parts.
  7. A military man serving on horseback; a knight.