chevalier
che.va.lier \.shev-*-'li(*)r, esp for 1b & 2 also sh*-'val-.ya-\ n [ME, fr. MF, fr. LL caballarius horseman] 1a: CAVALIER 1b: a member of any of various orders of knighthood or of merit (as the Leg ion of Honor) 2a: a member of the lowest rank of French nobility 2b: a cadet of the French nobility 3: a chivalrous man