meaning of cavaliers
1. A military man serving on horseback; a knight.
2. A gay, sprightly, military man; hence, a gallant.
3. One of the court party in the time of king Charles I. as contrasted with a Roundhead or an adherent of Parliament.
4. A work of more than ordinary height, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc. , and overlooking surrounding parts.
5. Gay; easy; offhand; frank.
6. High-spirited.
7. Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque.
8. Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I.
9. a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War
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