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Webster 1913 Edition
Chevalier
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Chevalier
CHEVALIER
,Noun.
1.
A knight; a gallant young man.2.
In heraldry, a horseman armed at all points.