cavalier
(noun, adjective)
[kav'-ah-LIER]
adjective
1. given to haughty disregard of others; supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque: "It is difficult to meet people and make friends in this cavalier group."
2. happy; easy; offhand; frank
3. of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I
noun
4. a gallant or courtly gentleman
5. a military man serving on horseback; a knight.
6. one of the court party in the time of king Charles I, as contrasted with a Roundhead or an adherent of Parliament
adverb form: cavalierly
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