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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chevalier \Che`va*lier"\, n. [F., fr LL caballarius See {Cavaller}.] 1. A horseman; a knight; a gallant young man. ``Mount, chevaliers; to arms.'' --Shak. 2. A member of certain orders of knighthood. {Chevalier d'industrie}[F.], one who lives by persevering fraud; a pickpocket; a sharper. {The Chevalier St George} (Eng. Hist.), James Francis Edward Stuart (son of James II.), called ``The Pretender.'' {The Young Chevalier}, Charles Edward Stuart, son of the Chevalier St George. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: chevalier n : a gallant or courtly gentleman [syn: {cavalier}]
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