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A horseman; whence a knight, a gentleman. (Latin, caballus, a horse.)
The Cavalier.
Eon de Beaumont, the French soldier; Chevalier dʹEon. (1728–1810.)
Charles Breydel, the Flemish landscape painter. (1677–1744.)
Francesco Cairo (Cavaliere del Cairo), historian. (1598–1674.)
Jean le Clerc, le chevalier. (1587–1633.)
J. Battista Marini, Italian poet; Il cavalier (1569–1656).
Andrew Michael Ramsay (1686–1743).
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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