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chevalier
1[ shev-uh-leer shuh-val-yey, -vahl- ]
noun
- a member of certain orders of honor or merit:
a chevalier of the Legion of Honor.
- French History. the lowest title of rank in the old nobility.
- a chivalrous man; cavalier.
- Archaic. a knight.
Chevalier
2[ shuh-val-yey, -vahl-; French shuh-va-lyey ]
noun
- Mau·rice (Au·guste) [maw-, rees, , aw, -g, uh, st, moh-, rees, oh-, gyst], 1888–1972, French actor and singer.
Chevalier
1noun
- ˌʃɛvəˈlɪə ChevalierAlbert18611923MBritishTHEATRE: music-hall entertainer Albert. 1861–1923, British music hall entertainer, remembered for his cockney songs
- ˌʃɛˈvælɪəʃəvalje ChevalierMaurice18881972MFrenchMUSIC: singerFILMS AND TV: actor Maurice (mɔris). 1888–1972, French singer and film actor
chevalier
2/ ˌʃɛˈvælɪə /
noun
- a member of certain orders of merit, such as the French Legion of Honour
- French history
- a mounted soldier or knight, esp a military cadet
- the lowest title of rank in the old French nobility
- an archaic word for knight
- a chivalrous man; gallant
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Example Sentences
A steel bracelet on my wrists reads CPL BRIAN L. CHEVALIER - 14 MAR 2007 – DIYALA.
Chevalier was born in Washington, D.C., but has lived in London for the past 25 years.
The first official Friars Roast was held in 1949 in honor of Maurice Chevalier.
Jacques Chirac made Boulud a Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur in March 2006.
Mistress of the Chevalier de Valois, and mother of a child that was attributed to the old aristocrat.
These rumors greatly annoyed the chevalier, since he had hoped at this time to wed Mlle. Cormon.
For more than thirty years he lived on rue Honore-Chevalier under the name of M. du Portail.
She constantly wore on her breast the cross of chevalier of the Legion of Honor conferred on her husband by the Emperor.
He was also made chevalier of nearly all the orders in Italy, and member of the Legion of Honour.
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