chevalier

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English

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Tarot: The chevalier of batons

Etymology

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From Middle English chivaler or chevaler (also shyvalere while code-switching), from Anglo-Norman chevaler or chivaler, later refashioned after French chevalier, from Late Latin caballārius (horseman), from Latin caballus (horse).[1] Doublet of caballero and cavalier.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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chevalier (plural chevaliers)

  1. (historical) cavalier; knight
  2. (card games) In tarot cards, the card between the valet and the dame.
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Translations

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References

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  1. ^ chevalier”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French chevalier, from Old French chevalier, from Late Latin caballārius, from Latin caballus. Doublet of cavalier.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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chevalier m (plural chevaliers, feminine chevalière)

  1. knight
  2. sandpiper (bird)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Turkish: şövalye
  • Persian: شوالیه (šovâliye)

Further reading

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Italian

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Etymology

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Pseudo-Gallicism, derived from chevalier, from the fact that knights used to carry these rings as a seal. First attested in 1992.

Noun

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chevalier m (invariable)

  1. a ring that is flat on top and typically decorated with precious gems

Middle English

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Noun

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chevalier

  1. Alternative form of chivaler

Middle French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old French chevalier.

Noun

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chevalier m (plural chevaliers)

  1. knight
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Descendants

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Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Late Latin caballārius, from Latin caballus.[1] Compare Old Occitan cavalier.

Noun

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chevalier oblique singularm (oblique plural chevaliers, nominative singular chevaliers, nominative plural chevalier)

  1. knight
  2. (chess) knight

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Migliorini, Bruno with Aldo Duro (1950) “cavaliere”, in Prontuario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Paravia