Hyphenation
Ca·va·lierTurkish pronunciation
kävılîrSynonyms
condescending,
curt,
disdainful,
haughty,
high-and-mighty,
insolent,
lofty,
lordly,
offhand,
overbearing,
proud,
scornful,
snooty,
snotty,
superciliousPronunciation
/ˌkavəˈlər/ /ˌkævəˈlɪr/
Etymology
() 1589, from Middle French cavalier 'horseman',“” in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Online. from Old Italian cavaliere (“mounted soldier, knight”),“” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001 from Old Provençal cavalier, from Late Latin caballārius (“horseman”), from Latin caballus (“horse”), from Gaulish caballos 'nag', variant of cabillos (compare Welsh ceffyl, Breton kefel, Irish capall), akin to German (Swabish) Kōb 'nag' and Old Church Slavonic kobyla 'mare'. Previous English forms include cavalero, cavaliero.