Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - cavalier
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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. ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle French, from Old Italian ~e, from Old Occitan ~, from Late Latin caballarius horseman, from Latin caballus Date: 1589 1. a gentleman trained in arms and horsemanship 2. a mounted soldier ; knight 3. capitalized an adherent of Charles I of England 4. gallant II. adjective Date: circa 1641 1. debonair 2. marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful dismissal of important matters a ~ attitude toward money 3. a. capitalized of or relating to the party of Charles I of England in his struggles with the Puritans and Parliament b. aristocratic c. capitalized of or relating to the English Cavalier poets of the mid-17th century • ~ism noun • ~ly adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & adj. --n. 1 hist. (Cavalier) a supporter of Charles I in the Civil War. 2 a courtly gentleman, esp. as a lady's escort. 3 archaic a horseman. --adj. offhand, supercilious, blas{eacute}. Derivatives cavalierly adv. Etymology: F f. It. cavaliere: see CHEVALIER ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. всадник; ист. конный воин; рыцарь 2. кавалер 3. партнер дамы 4. (C.) pl. ист. "кавалеры", роялисты C. troops —- войска сторонников короля 5. бесцеремонный; непринужденный cavalier treatment —- бесцеремонное обращение cavalier manners —- развязное поведение 6. надменный, высокомерный cavalier tone —- обращение свысока 7. (C.) ист. роялистский 8. быть кавалером; сопровождать (даму) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) всадник; кавалерист 2) hist. рыцарь 3) obs. кавалер 4) (Cavalier) hist. роялист (времен Карла I) 2. adj. 1) бесцеремонный 2) непринужденный 3) надменный 4) hist. (Cavalier) роялистский ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1589, from It. cavalliere "mounted soldier, knight," from L.L. caballarius "horseman," from L. caballus "horse." Sense advanced in 17c. to "knight," then "courtly gentleman," which led to adj. "disdainful" (1657). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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