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

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