cavaliero

See also: Cavaliero

English

Etymology

Spanish caballero. See cavalier.

Noun

cavaliero (plural cavalieros or cavalieroes)

1. (archaic) A cavalier; a gallant; a libertine.
   • c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene v]:

     How now, bully Rock? thou'rt a gentleman; cavaliero-juftice , I say

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “cavaliero”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)