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A military man serving on horseback; a knight.

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  1. n. A military man serving on horseback; a knight.
  2. n. A gay, sprightly, military man; hence, a gallant.
  3. n. One of the court party in the time of king Charles I. as contrasted with a Roundhead or an adherent of Parliament.
  4. n. A work of more than ordinary height, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking surrounding parts.
  5. a. Gay; easy; offhand; frank.
  6. a. High-spirited.
  7. a. Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque.
  8. a. Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I.
  9. n. a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War
  10. adj. given to haughty disregard of others
  11. n. a gallant or courtly gentleman