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How to pronounce “cavalier

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Pronunciation guide for cavalier

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of cavalier with real speech in context.
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8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
How to Be a Leader for Climate JusticeIt's the organizers like Dr. Crystal Cavalier and Jason Keck
Definition summary
Lacking the proper care or concern for something important, reckless, rash, high-handed.

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How to pronounce cavalier

How to Be a Leader for Climate Justice

It's the organizers like Dr. Crystal Cavalier and Jason Keck

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “cavalier

Meaning

  • [Adjective]
  • Lacking the proper care or concern for something important, reckless, rash, high-handed.
  • High-spirited.
  • Supercilious.
  • (obsolete) Free and easy; unconcerned with formalities
  • (historical) Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I of England (1600–1649).
  • [Noun]
  • (historical) A military man serving on horse, (chiefly) early modern cavalry officers who had abandoned the heavy armor of medieval knights.
  • (historical) A gallant: a sprightly young dashing military man.
  • A gentleman of the class of such officers, particularly:
  • (slang) Someone with an uncircumcised penis.
  • (architecture) A defensive work rising from a bastion, etc., and overlooking the surrounding area.
  • [Verb]
  • (transitive, dated) Of a man: to act in a gallant and dashing manner toward (women).

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