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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