Difference between Cavalier and Knight

What is the difference between Cavalier and Knight?

Cavalier as a noun is a military man serving on horse. while Knight as a noun is a warrior, especially of the middle ages.

Cavalier

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Easy; offhand; frank. High-spirited. Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque. Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A military man serving on horse. A sprightly, military man; hence, a gallant. One of the court party in the time of King Charles I, as contrasted with a Roundhead or an adherent of Parliament. A work of more than ordinary height, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking surrounding parts. A well mannered man; a gentleman.

Knight

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A warrior, especially of the Middle Ages.Nowadays, a person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch.A chess piece, often in the shape of a horse's head, that is moved two squares in one direction and one at right angles to that direction in a single move, leaping over any intervening pieces.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To confer knighthood upon.To promote (a pawn) to a knight.

Example sentence: OK, I dated Jordan Knight from New Kids on the Block, I dated a 'Baywatch' boy named David Charvet, and I dated Billy Idol.

We hope you now know whether to use Cavalier or Knight in your sentence.

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