'Chevalier' definitions:
Definition of 'Chevalier'
From: WordNet
noun
French actor and cabaret singer (1888-1972) [syn: Chevalier, Maurice Chevalier]
noun
A gallant or courtly gentleman [syn: cavalier, chevalier]
Definition of 'Chevalier'
From: GCIDE
- Chevalier \Che`va*lier"\, n. [F., fr. LL. caballarius. See Cavaller.]
- 1. A horseman; a knight; a gallant young man. "Mount, chevaliers; to arms." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A member of certain orders of knighthood. [1913 Webster]
- Chevalier d'industrie[F.], one who lives by persevering fraud; a pickpocket; a sharper.
- The Chevalier St. George (Eng. Hist.), James Francis Edward Stuart (son of James II.), called "The Pretender."
- The Young Chevalier, Charles Edward Stuart, son of the Chevalier St. George. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'chevalier'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bachelor,
- banneret,
- baronet,
- Bayard,
- broncobuster,
- buckaroo,
- caballero,
- cavalier,
- cavalryman,
- circus rider,
- companion,
- cowboy,
- cowgirl,
- cowpuncher,
- Don Quixote,
- equestrian,
- equestrienne,
- gallant,
- gaucho,
- Gawain,
- horse soldier,
- horseback rider,
- horsebacker,
- horseman,
- horsewoman,
- jockey,
- knight,
- knight bachelor,
- knight banneret,
- knight baronet,
- knight-errant,
- Lancelot,
- mounted policeman,
- postboy,
- postilion,
- puncher,
- rider,
- Ritter,
- roughrider,
- Sidney,
- Sir Galahad,
- steeplechaser,
- trick rider,
- vaquero