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  chevalier

  noun

  a member of certain orders of honor or merit.
• Chevalier
  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

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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

Tanner was made an honorary chevalier, or knighthood, of the Legion of Honor, France’s highest award, for his achievements.

From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2022

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

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 8, 2022

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

He backed a bevy of insurgent primary bids by DSA-aligned candidates like New York’s Darializa Avila Chevalier and Colorado’s Melat Kiros—both of whom would go on to win.

From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026

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

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

Backed by Mr. Mamdani, socialist candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier ousted a four-term incumbent from an Upper Manhattan-based district.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

In these races, Lander and Chevalier defeated incumbent representatives while Valdez defeated the sitting Brooklyn Borough president, Antonio Reynoso, who also enjoyed the support of the outgoing Rep. Nydia Velázquez, D-N.Y.

From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026

The Chevalier looked down on the slow-moving millions on the floor of the land of the dead, all drifting after that bright and living spark Lyra Silvertongue.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

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