chevalier means cavalier; knight.
chevalier is pronounced /ˌʃɛvəˈlɪɚ/.
Why “chevalier” is a great word
A mounted warrior of noble rank and chivalric code, especially within the French tradition. From Anglo-French *chivaler* and Old French *chevalier* ("knight, horseman"), from Late Latin *caballarius* ("horseman"), from Latin *caballus* ("horse"). Unlike the broader, martial "knight" or the offhand "cavalier" (which shares its root but implies a swaggering disdain), *chevalier* evokes the precise, courtly ideal. It is the glint of sunlight on polished greaves in a tiltyard, the deliberate weight of a sworn oath on parchment, and the formal melancholy of a love sonnet composed in a drafty castle chamber—the elegant, often tragic, performance of virtue in an unvirtuous world.
noun
- cavalier; knight
- In tarot cards, the card between the valet and the dame.
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