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A horseman; a knight; a gallant young man.

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  1. n. A horseman; a knight; a gallant young man.
  2. n. A member of certain orders of knighthood.
  3. n. a gallant or courtly gentleman
  4. 1. A horseman; a knight; a gallant young man. "Mount, chevaliers; to arms." Shak. 2. A member of certain orders of knighthood. Chevalier d'industrie ( Etym: [F.], one who lives by persevering fraud; a pickpocket; a sharper. -- The Chevalier St. George (Eng. Hist.), James Francis Edward Stuart (son of James II.), called "The Pretender." -- The Young Chevalier, Charles Edward Stuart, son of the Chevalier St. George.
  5. n. French actor and cabaret singer (1888-1972)