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preux chevalier

preux chevalier noun: a valiant knight; any gallant gentleman.

Noun

preux chevalier (plural preux chevaliers)

  1. A valiant knight; any gallant gentleman.
    • "I do not know any one who better realises my idea of a preux chevalier than Mr. Lorraine," replied Lady Mandeville. "He is so very handsome, to begin with; and there is a romantic tone about him, which, to its original merits of fine taste and elevated feelings, adds also that of being very...1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VI, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 100
    • '[…]a piece of duty which, as a preux chevalier, you must immediately perform.'1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers

Examples of preux chevalier in a sentence

  • "I do not know any one who better realises my idea of a preux chevalier than Mr.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VI, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […]...
  • Perhaps Saxon was secretly comforted by the conviction that only a preux chevalier would be worthy of Miss Colonna, and that the preux chevalier was certainly not forthcoming.1865, Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards, Half a million of money:

Forms of preux chevalier

pluralpreux chevaliers

Origin of preux chevalier

Borrowed from French preux chevalier.

Questions about preux chevalier

What does preux chevalier mean?
Preux chevalier means a valiant knight; any gallant gentleman.
How do you use preux chevalier in a sentence?
"I do not know any one who better realises my idea of a preux chevalier than Mr.
What part of speech is preux chevalier?
Preux chevalier is a noun.
What is the plural of preux chevalier?
The plural of preux chevalier is preux chevaliers.

Words near preux chevalier in the dictionary

  1. preuroporphyrinogen
  2. Preussen
  3. Preusser
  4. Preussers
  5. Preutești
  6. preux chevalier
  7. preux chevaliers
  8. prev
  9. prevacation
  10. prevaccinate
  11. prevaccinated

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