chivalrous
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English from the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French chevalerous; see chivalry.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
chivalrous (comparative more chivalrous, superlative most chivalrous)
- (of a man) Honourable, especially to women; gallant.
- 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “VII AND XXI”, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
- It amazed me that I could have allowed myself to be let in for a binge of this description simply because a woman wished it. Too bally chivalrous for our own good, we Woosters, and always have been.
- involving chivalry
Translations
of a man: honourable
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involving chivalry
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