chevalier
31CHEVALIER — n. m. Celui qui avait reçu l’ordre de la chevalerie. Chaque chevalier avait un écuyer. Preux, noble, loyal chevalier. Chevalier félon, discourtois. François Ier fut fait chevalier par le chevalier Bayard. Il fallait être chevalier pour se battre… …
32chevalier — I. Chevalier. s. m. Celuy qui est au dessus des simples Gentilshommes par sa naissance ou par sa Charge. Messire tel Chevalier, Seigneur, Marquis, Comte &c. Messire tel Chevalier Chancelier de France. Chevalier Conseiller du Roy en ses Conseils,… …
33Chevalier — Che|va|li|er 〈[ʃevalje:] m. 6〉 1. Ritter, Edelmann 2. frz. Adelstitel [frz. „Ritter“] * * * Che|va|li|er [ʃəva li̯e: ], der; s, s [frz. chevalier, eigtl. = Ritter < lat. caballarius = Pferdeknecht]: 1. <o. Pl.> französischer Adelstitel.… …
34chevalier — /shev euh lear / or, esp. for 1, 2, /sheuh val yay, vahl /, n. 1. a member of certain orders of honor or merit: a chevalier of the Legion of Honor. 2. Fr. Hist. the lowest title of rank in the old nobility. 3. a chivalrous man; cavalier. 4.… …
35Chevalier — Recorded in many spelling forms including Cavalier, Chabal, Chabale, Chable, Chabald, Chaballier, Chevalier, Cabballer, Chevallereau and Caballe, this very interesting name is English, French and Spanish, but originally of Italian (Roman)… …
36chevalier — /ʃɛvəˈlɪə/ (say shevuh lear), /ʃəˈvæljeɪ/ (say shuh valyay), /ʃəvælˈjeɪ/ (say shuhval yay) noun 1. a member of certain orders of honour or merit: a chevalier of the Legion of Honour. 2. a knight. 3. French History a. a person bearing the lowest… …
37Chevalier — /sheuh val yay, vahl /; Fr. /sheuh vann lyay /, n. Maurice (Auguste) /maw rees aw geuhst/; Fr. /moh rddees oh gyuust /, 1888 1972, French actor and singer. * * * ▪ French title (French: “horseman”), a French title originally equivalent to… …
38Chevalier — A *knight on horseback; a term used to associate a knight with the code of *chivalry. Chevalier remains the title of the lowest order of the French nobility. [< AnNor. chevaler < Lat. caballarius] Cf. Caballarius …
39Chevalier — Che|va|lier [... li̯e:] der; s, s <aus fr. chevalier »Ritter« zu cheval »Pferd«, dies aus lat. caballus, vgl. ↑Kavalier> franz. Adelstitel; vgl. ↑Cavaliere …
40chevalier — noun (C) French 1 a title for someone who has a high rank in a special association in France: a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour 2 a member of the lowest rank of the French nobility in the past …
