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cavaliero

cavaliero noun: a cavalier, gallant, or libertine.

Noun

cavaliero (plural cavalieros or cavalieroes)

  1. (archaic) A cavalier, gallant, or libertine.
    • How now, bully Rock? thou'rt a gentleman; cavaliero-juftice , I sayc. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Proper noun capitalized: Cavaliero

Cavaliero (plural Cavalieros)

  1. A surname.

Forms of cavaliero

Noun
pluralcavalieros
pluralcavalieroes
Proper noun
pluralCavalieros

Origin of cavaliero

From Spanish caballero. See cavalier.

Questions about cavaliero

What does cavaliero mean?
Cavaliero means a cavalier, gallant, or libertine.
What part of speech is cavaliero?
Cavaliero can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of cavaliero?
The plural of cavaliero is cavalieros.

Words near cavaliero in the dictionary

  1. cavalierishness
  2. cavalierism
  3. cavalierisms
  4. cavalierly
  5. cavalierness
  6. cavaliero
  7. cavalieroes
  8. cavalieros
  9. cavaliers
  10. cavaliership
  11. cavalierships

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