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  chevalier

  noun

  a member of certain orders of honor or merit.
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  Chevalier

  noun

  Maurice (Auguste) 1888–1972, French actor and singer.

chevalier

¹ American  

[shev-uh-leer, shuh-val-yay, -vahl-] / ˌʃɛv əˈlɪər, ʃəˈvæl jeɪ, -ˈvɑl- /

noun

1. a member of certain orders of honor or merit.

   a chevalier of the Legion of Honor.

2. French History. the lowest title of rank in the old nobility.

3. a chivalrous man; cavalier.

4. Archaic. a knight.

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Chevalier ² American  

[shuh-val-yay, -vahl-, shuh-va-lyay] / ʃəˈvæl jeɪ, -ˈvɑl-, ʃə vaˈljeɪ /

noun

1. Maurice (Auguste) 1888–1972, French actor and singer.

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chevalier ¹ British  

/ ˌʃɛˈvælɪə /

noun

1. a member of certain orders of merit, such as the French Legion of Honour

2. French history

   1. a mounted soldier or knight, esp a military cadet

   2. the lowest title of rank in the old French nobility

3. an archaic word for knight

4. a chivalrous man; gallant

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Chevalier ² British  

noun

1. Albert. 1861–1923, British music hall entertainer, remembered for his cockney songs

2. Maurice (mɔris). 1888–1972, French singer and film actor

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Etymology

Origin of chevalier

1250–1300; < Middle French; replacing late Middle English chivaler < Anglo-French. See cavalier

Example Sentences

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His family, who call him notre petit chevalier - our little knight - said, in an update posted on a GoFundMe page, their house was being adapted for his "precarious" walking.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2023

He caught the attention of King Louis XV, who named him a chevalier.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 8, 2022

“My son will be an ambassador of France, a chevalier of the Legion of Honor, a great dramatic author, a second Ibsen, a new Gabriele d’Annunzio,” she yelled at anyone who would listen.

From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2017

She was also appointed a chevalier of France’s Legion of Honour in 2010.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2017

“Gawaine,” said Mordred to the air, “is such a preux chevalier that nobody must say anything wicked, or there will be trouble. You see, he is strong—and be apes the great Sir Lancelot.”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Among them was Democratic congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier, a close Mamdani ally.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Countries around the world are unlikely to reverse their new forced-labor-related policy moves regardless of what the U.S. court decides, said Richard Mojica, head of the customs-and-import-trade practice at the law firm Miller & Chevalier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

But Darializa Avila Chevalier unseated another incumbent, the head of the congressional Hispanic caucus, Adriano Espaillat.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

And, in the closely watched 13th District, community organizer Darializa Avila Chevalier led Rep. Adriano Espaillat, the chair of the House Hispanic Caucus, by roughly 3.5 points.

From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026

But since Chevalier had agreed on the spot that the offer was inappropriate, Oppie had put it out of his head.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik