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a gallant or courtly gentleman a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War given to haughty disregard of others
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Headline text - Cavalier has multiple meanings: Cavalier is a male ballet dancer.Cavaliers were gentlemen supporters of the Royalist cause during the English Civil Wars (1642–1651). The Parliamentarians on the other side were called Roundheads.More generally Cavalier means cavalryman, from the French ''Chevalier'' (not to be mistaken with the French meaning of ''cavalier'', which is ''horse-rider''). Cavalier may in some context be synonymous to paladinCavalier is also the name of two makes of General Motors J-body cars; the Chevrolet Cavalier in the US, and the Vauxhall Cavalier in the UK.The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel is a small dog breedbreed of dog.In professional sports, the Cleveland Cavaliers are a basketball team in the National Basketball Association.Cavalier is also the sports mascot of the University of Virginia.Cavalier also describes the shape of a particular style of tobacco pipe.Two different passenger trains operated under the name Cavalier (passenger train)Cavalier. They were operated by the Norfolk & Western (Cincinnati, OH-Norfolk, VA) and the Pennsylvania RailroadPennsylvania (New York, NY-Cape Charles) railroads.''The Cavalier (magazine)The Cavalier'' was a men's magazine published from 1908 to 1914.Cavalier (magazine)Cavalier was a men's magazine, unrelated to The Cavalier, published from 1952 to some time in the 1990s. It was one of the first magazines to publish the work of Stephen King.The The Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps is a modern Division I drum and bugle corps (modern)drum and bugle corps from Rosemont, Illinois. They compete in the Drum Corps International circuit. Cavalier is a character class from first generation Dungeons & Dragons. ''The Cavaliers'' is a team from the card game Fightball. Cavalier, North Dakota, a city in North Dakota Cavalier County, North Dakota, a county in North Dakota. Cavalier Air Force Station, a United States Air Force installation in North Dakota.disambig
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