chevalier

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See also: Chevalier

English

Tarot: The chevalier of batons

Etymology

From Middle English chivaler or chevaler, from Anglo-Norman chevaler or chivaler, later refashioned after French chevalier, from Late Latin caballarius (“horseman”), from Latin caballus (“horse”).[1] Doublet of cavalier.

Pronunciation

Noun

chevalier (plural chevaliers)

  1. A cavalier; a knight.
  2. In tarot cards, the card between the valet and the dame

References

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

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃə.va.lje/
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  • Rhymes: -je

Noun

chevalier m (plural chevaliers)

  1. knight
  2. sandpiper (bird)

Derived terms

Derived terms

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Descendants

  • Turkish: şövalye

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French chevalier.

Noun

chevalier m (plural chevaliers)

  1. knight

Descendants

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. knight
  2. (chess) knight

Descendants

References

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