Associations to the word «Cavalier»

Wiktionary

CAVALIER, adjective. Not caring enough about something important.
CAVALIER, adjective. High-spirited.
CAVALIER, adjective. Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque.
CAVALIER, adjective. Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I.
CAVALIER, noun. A military man serving on horse.
CAVALIER, noun. A sprightly, military man; hence, a gallant.
CAVALIER, noun. One of the court party in the time of King Charles I, as contrasted with a Roundhead or an adherent of Parliament.
CAVALIER, noun. A work of more than ordinary height, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking surrounding parts.
CAVALIER, noun. A well mannered man; a gentleman.

Dictionary definition

CAVALIER, noun. A gallant or courtly gentleman.
CAVALIER, noun. A royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War.
CAVALIER, adjective. Given to haughty disregard of others.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King