chivalrous
/ˈʃɪv.əl.ɹəs/
chivalrous adjective: honourable, especially to women; gallant.
Adjective
chivalrous (comparative more chivalrous, superlative most chivalrous)
- Honourable, especially to women; gallant.
- Among boys there are laws of honour and chivalrous codes, not written, or formally taught, but intuitively understood by all, and invariably acted upon by the loyal and the true.1859, George Meredith, chapter 5, in The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. A History of Father and Son. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC
- “I would then never have known what minute, or by whom, I was to be attacked next. But the brutes are more chivalrous than man—they do not stoop to cowardly intrigue.”1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 96
- Synonyms:
- chivalric
- Involving chivalry.
- Synonyms:
- chivalric
chivalrous meaning in Malayalam and Kannada
chivalrous in Malayalam
- gallant, gentlemanly, honourable
- ധീരോദാത്തമായ, സ്ത്രീകളോട് അങ്ങേയറ്റം ആദരവുകാണിക്കുന്ന, മാന്യമായ, കുലീനമായ, ജാത്യ, ഉന്നതകുലജാതനായ
- knightly, noble, chivalric
- ധീരോദാത്തനായ, ധീരോദാത്തനതിപ്രതാപഗുണവാനായ, വീരനായ, ഗാംഭീര്യമുള്ള, ധെെര്യ, പരാക്രമശാലിയായ
chivalrous in Kannada
- ವಿನಯಶಾಲಿಯಾದ, ಉತ್ತಮ ನಡತೆಯುಳ್ಳ, ಜನರಿಗೆ ನೆರವಾಗುವ, ದೀನರಕ್ಷಕ ಗುಣದ, ದುರ್ಬಲರಿಗೆ ಸಹಾಯಕ ಗುಣದ, ಆದರ್ಶ
Synonyms of chivalrous
Antonyms
Forms of chivalrous
| comparative | more chivalrous |
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| superlative | most chivalrous |
Origin of chivalrous
From Middle English chivalerous, from Old French chevalerous; see chivalry.
Words formed from chivalrous
Questions about chivalrous
- What does chivalrous mean?
- Chivalrous means honourable, especially to women; gallant.
- What is chivalrous in Malayalam?
- Chivalrous in Malayalam is ധീരോദാത്തമായ, സ്ത്രീകളോട് അങ്ങേയറ്റം ആദരവുകാണിക്കുന്ന, മാന്യമായ. See Chivalrous meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is chivalrous?
- Chivalrous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce chivalrous?
- Chivalrous is pronounced /ˈʃɪv.əl.ɹəs/ (UK).
Words near chivalrous in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: chivalrous (page history and authors); chivalrous (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); chivalrous (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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