chevalier

Definitions of chevalier
  1. noun
    originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
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    types:
    bachelier
    a knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon
    type of:
    aristocrate
    a man who is an aristocrat
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