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cavaliers

cavaliers is the plural of cavalier.

cavaliers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cavalier.

Meaning of cavalier

Noun

cavalier (plural cavaliers)

  1. (historical) A military man serving on horse, (chiefly) early modern cavalry officers who had abandoned the heavy armor of medieval knights.
    Synonyms:
    chevalier
  2. (historical) A gallant: a sprightly young dashing military man.
  3. (historical) A gentleman of the class of such officers.
  4. (slang) Someone with an uncircumcised penis.
    • The roundheads in the school showers easily equalled the cavaliers.1992, John Hoyland, Fathers and Sons, page 94
    Antonyms:
    roundhead
  5. A defensive work rising from a bastion, etc., and overlooking the surrounding area.

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Noun capitalized: Cavaliers

Cavaliers

  1. (plural) plural of Cavalier

Questions about cavaliers

What is cavaliers the plural of?
Cavaliers is the plural of cavalier.
What part of speech is cavaliers?
Cavaliers is a noun.

Words near cavaliers in the dictionary

  1. cavalierly
  2. cavalierness
  3. cavaliero
  4. cavalieroes
  5. cavalieros
  6. cavaliers
  7. cavaliership
  8. cavalierships
  9. cavalla
  10. cavallard
  11. cavallards

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