cavalier

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Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque
High-spirited
Not caring enough about something important

Far from marking the outer edge of the solar system, as those school-room maps so cavalierly imply, Pluto is barely one-fifty-thousandth of the way.

A work of more than ordinary height, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking surrounding parts
A sprightly, military man; hence, a gallant
A well mannered man; a gentleman
One of the court party in the time of King Charles I, as contrasted with a Roundhead or an adherent of Parliament
A military man serving on horse
Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I
{n} a partisan, knight, royalist, a mound
{a} gay, brave, warlike, haughty, proud
a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War
{i} knight, horseman; mounted soldier; gentleman
as contrasted with a Roundhead or an adherent of Parliament
The popular nineteenth-century stereotype of the Southerner was that of a cavalier, who was alleged to be violently sensitive to insult, indifferent to money, and preoccupied by honor
and overlooking surrounding parts
A military man serving on horseback; a knight
given to haughty disregard of others
disapproval If you describe a person or their behaviour as cavalier, you are criticizing them because you think that they do not consider other people's feelings or take account of the seriousness of a situation. The Editor takes a cavalier attitude to the concept of fact checking. a supporter of the King against parliament in the English Civil War of the 17th century Roundhead. not caring enough about rules, principles, or people's feelings (cavaliere, from caballarius , from caballus ). In the English Civil Wars, the name adopted by Charles I's supporters, who contemptuously called their opponents Roundheads (a reference to the short-haired apprentices who had formed part of an anti-Cavalier mob). The term (similar to the French chevalier) originally meant a rider or cavalryman. At the Restoration, the court party preserved the name Cavalier, which survived until the rise of the term Tory. See also Cavalier poet
One of the court party in the time of king Charles I
A military man serving on horseback; a knight A gay, sprightly, military man; hence, a gallant Gay; easy; offhand; frank High-spirited Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque
A gay, sprightly, military man; hence, a gallant
a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War a gallant or courtly gentleman given to haughty disregard of others
a gallant or courtly gentleman
{s} disdainful; careless; indifferent, thoughtless, careless (of other people's feelings or important issues)
A work of more than ordinary height, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc
The male partner of the ballerina
Gay; easy; offhand; frank
Cavalier poets
Group of English gentlemen poets who were Cavaliers (supporters of Charles I during the English Civil Wars). The term embraces Sir John Suckling, Edmund Waller, Robert Herrick, Thomas Carew (1594?-1640?), and Richard Lovelace (1618-57). Accomplished as soldiers, courtiers, gallants, and wits, they wrote polished and elegant lyrics, typically on love and dalliance and sometimes on war, honour, and duty to the king
cavalier hat
a soft felt hat with a wide flexible brim
cavalier hat
{i} wide-brimmed felt hat that cavaliers were in in the 17th century
cavalier.
cavalero

I’ll drink to Master Bardolph, and to allthe cavaleros about London.

cavalierly
{a} haughtily, arrogantly, proudly
Laughing Cavalier
a painting by the 17th century artist Frans Hals, which shows a wealthy man with a large moustache who is slightly smiling in a proud way
cavalierly
in a proud and domineering manner; "he treated his staff cavalierly"
cavalierly
In a cavilier manner
cavalierly
disdainfully, indifferently, carelessly, thoughtlessly
cavalierly
In a supercilious, disdainful, or haughty manner; arrogantly
cavaliers
plural of cavalier
cavalier
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