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chevalier

Main Entry:: che·va·lier
Pronunciation:: \ˌshe-və-ˈlir, especially for 1b & 2 also shə-ˈval-ˌyā\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin caballarius horseman — more at cavalier
Date:: 14th century

1 a: cavalier 2 b: a member of any of various orders of knighthood or of merit (as the Legion of Honor)2 a: a member of the lowest rank of French nobility b: a cadet of the French nobility3: a chivalrous man

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