Meaning of Cavalier | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A military man serving on horse, (chiefly) early modern cavalry officers who had abandoned the heavy armor of medieval knights.
   historical
2. A small city, the county seat of Pembina County, North Dakota, United States.
3. A Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.
4. A gallant: a sprightly young dashing military man.
   historical
5. A Chevrolet Cavalier.
6. A gentleman of the class of such officers, particularly
7. A gentleman of the class of such officers
   historical
8. A courtesan or noble under Charles I of England, particularly a royalist partisan during the English Civil War which ended his reign.
   historical
9. Someone with an uncircumcised penis.
   slang
10. A defensive work rising from a bastion, etc., and overlooking the surrounding area.

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Examples

“The roundheads in the school showers easily equalled the cavaliers.”

“Since penile preference is so tied up with personal aesthetics and body image, it seems both logical and fair to leave the choice of cavalier or roundhead to the owner of the organ, thus avoiding the sort of life-long pain expressed in a comment like this:[…]”

“I knew about the English Civil War, Cavaliers (wrong but romantic) versus Roundheads (right but repulsive), but I didn't think that was what he was talking about. I shook my head. “It means our willies aren't circumcised,” he explained. "Are you a cavalier or a roundhead?””

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