cav·a·lier /ˌkævəˈlɪr/
 騎士,武士


 Cav·a·lier n.
 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. Fort. A work of more than ordinary height, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking surrounding parts.


 Cav·a·lier, a. offhand; unceremonious; gay; easy; frank.  Opposed to serious.
    The plodding, persevering scupulous accuracy of the one, and the easy, cavalier, verbal fluency of the other, form a complete contrast.
 2. High-spirited. [Obs.] “The people are naturally not valiant, and not much cavalier.”
 3. Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque.
 4. Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I. “An old Cavalier family.”

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 cavalier
      adj : given to haughty disregard of others [syn: high-handed]
      n 1: a gallant or courtly gentleman [syn: chevalier]
      2: a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil
         War