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Cavalier (French, from Latin caballus, “a nag”), term meaning originally a horseman and later a mounted knight. By extension the word acquired the meanings “gallant” and “haughty.” During the English Revolution in the 17th century, the term Cavaliers was applied as a nickname to the partisans of King Charles I, in opposition to the Roundheads, or Parliamentarians.



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