chevalier Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun French actor and cabaret singer (1888-1972)
    Maurice Chevalier.
  2. noun a gallant or courtly gentleman
    cavalier.

WordNet

Che`va*lier" noun
Etymology
F., fr. LL. caballarius. See Cavaller.
Definitions
  1. A horseman; a knight; a gallant young man. "Mount, chevaliers; to arms." Shak.
  2. A member of certain orders of knighthood.

Webster 1913