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Definition: Chevalier |
ChevalierNoun1. French actor and cabaret singer (1888-1972). 2. A gallant or courtly gentleman. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Chevalier" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
Etymology: Chevalier \Che`va*lier"\, noun. [French expression, from Late Latin expression caballarius. See Cavaller.]. (references) |
Synonym: ChevalierSynonym: cavalier (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Nobility | King; (master); atheling; prince, duke; marquis, marquisate; earl, viscount, baron, thane, banneret; baronet, baronetcy; knight, knighthood; count, armiger, laird; signior, seignior; esquire, boyar, margrave, vavasour; emir, ameer, scherif, sharif, effendi, wali; sahib; chevalier, maharaja, nawab, palsgrave, pasha, rajah, waldgrave. |
Probity | Dignity; (repute); respectability, respectableness; adj; gentilhomme, gentleman; man of honor, man of his word; fidus Achates, preux chevalier, galantuomo; truepenny, trump, brick; true Briton; white man. |
Thief | Cut purse, pick purse; pickpocket, light-fingered gentry; sharper; card sharper, skittle sharper; thimblerigger; rook, Greek, blackleg, leg, welsher; defaulter; Autolycus, Jeremy Diddler, Robert Macaire, artful dodger, trickster; swell mob, chevalier d'industrie; shoplifter. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Chevalier |
| English words defined with "Chevalier": Knight of industry. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Chevalier": Boheme ♦ Chevalier du Brouillard, Cordon Rouge ♦ Flower of Chivalry ♦ Haricot Mutton ♦ King Over the Water ♦ Lochinvar ♦ Magricio ♦ Roman de Chevalier de Lyon ♦ Sans Peur et Sans Reproche ♦ Young Chevalier. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "Chevalier": Chivalry. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Chevalier" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (cavalier, horseman, knight, stableman). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | You admire Lafayette and Maurice Chevalier. They're the dumbest of all Frenchmen (À bout de souffle; writing credit: Jean-Luc Godard; François Truffaut) This is Chevalier, Montage, Detente, Avant Garde, and Deja Vu. (Top Secret!; writing credit: Jim Abrahams; David Zucker) We all talk like Maurice Chevalier! (History of the World: Part I; writing credit: Mel Brooks) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Le Chevalier Tempête (1967) The Little Chevalier (1917) Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge (1912) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Title page of "De la tydologie, ou, De la science des marees ..." by Chevalier Louis de Sade, 1753-1832. Published in 1810. Library call number QB415 .S3 1810. Credit: Treasures of the Library. |  | Figure 44. Thoulet total immersion hydrometer, designed by Professor Julien Thoulet for the purpose of studying the density of water from depth for the purpose of studying sub-surface currents. Professor Thoulet produced this relatively small sampling device of 200 cubic centimeter volume with Professor Henry Adolpe Chevalier of the University of Nancy. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | [Malariologist at The Lomé Research Centre] / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Chevalier.. |  | Jeunes Personnes Entrant Dans Une Maison Hospitalière / Dessiné par Adrien Nargeot d'après le Chevalier Favray. Gravé par Nargeot. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Michel Philippe Bouvart : Chevalier de l'Ordre du Roi, Docteur de la Faculté de Paris,... / Dessiné par Desrais. Gravé par Le Beau. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | L. J. Bourdois : Medecin des Enfants de France Chevalier de l'Empire et de la Legion d'Honneur &c / J. Isabey 1811. Mecou Sculp. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Three of the squadron's ships steaming in column, while en route to Guadalcanal and Tulagi on 15 August 1943, following the Vella Lavella landings. Photographed from USS Nicholas (DD-449). The ships seen are(from right to left): USS O'Bannon (DD-450), USS Chevalier (DD-451) and USS Taylor (DD-468). Credit: NAVY. |  | "Right Hand Salute! -- As the body of Lieutenant Commander Omar R. Ford, USN, one of 44 officers and men who lost their lives in USS Oriskany October 26 fire tragedy, is committed to the deep from Oriskany's flight deck during memorial services at sea in the Western Pacific, November 6, en route to San Diego, California. Fire-scarred Oriskany departed Subic Bay, Philippine Islands, for San Diego November 3." (quoted from the original caption released with this image) Note Oriskany's insignia on the light-colored flag, at right, and three destroyers steaming alongside. Nearest destroyer is USS Chevalier (DD-805). Next outboard is USS Gurke (DD-783). Photographed by JOC Dick Wood. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Madam D'Eon alias Chevalier D'Eon. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | General view of the great battle of Solferino thirteen miles of fighting! / / Lang & Laing Lith ; from a sketch by Chevalier Giacomelli. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Maurice Chevalier | Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| "Chevalier" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 56.92% of the time. "Chevalier" is used about 65 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 56.92% | 37 | 56,631 |
| Noun (singular) | 29.23% | 19 | 80,337 |
| Adjective (comparative) | 13.85% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Total | 100.00% | 65 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Chevalier" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Chevalier | Last name | 2,000 | 5,754 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| Hong Kong | Chevalier Construction Holdings Limited |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "Chevalier": Chevalier de Bayard ♦ Chevalier de Lamarck ♦ chevalier dindustrie ♦ Chevalier d'industrie ♦ Maurice Chevalier ♦ The Chevalier St George ♦ The Young Chevalier. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Chevalier": Chevalier-skolnikoff. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "Chevalier"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | Кавалер На Орден, ицар. (various references) | |
Czech | Rytíř (cavalier, knight). (various references) | |
Danish | Jackson's øsofagoskop (CHEVALIER JACKSON oesophagoscope). (various references) | |
Dutch | esofagoscoop van Jackson (CHEVALIER JACKSON oesophagoscope). (various references) | |
French | oesophagoscope de Jackson (CHEVALIER JACKSON oesophagoscope). (various references) | |
German | Ritter (cavalier, Galahad, knight, swallowtail). (various references) | |
Greek | Ιππότησ. (various references) | |
Hungarian | Lovag (baronet, beau, beaux, cavalier, knight). (various references) | |
Manx | reejerey (cavalier, king, knight, paladin). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | evalierchay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | cavaleiro (cavalier, knight, rider), filho mais moço. (various references) | |
Russian | Кавалер Ордена, Кавалер. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | vitez (knight), konjanik (cavalryman, horseman, horse-soldier). (various references) | |
Spanish | Caballero (cavalier, cavalryman, doberman, gent, gentleman, knight, lord, Mister, Mr., rider, Sir, sportsman). (various references) | |
Swedish | Riddare (cavalier, companion, knight). (various references) | |
Turkish | Cesur Ve Mert Kimse, Silâhşör (knight, musketeer, swordsman), Süvari (cavalier, cavalry, cavalryman, man-at-arms, mounted troops), Þövalye. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | Кавалер, Лицар. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | kẻ bịp bợm (kite, thimblerigger, tricker, trickster), kỵ sĩ, hiệp sĩ kẻ gian hùng. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Chevalier": chevaliers. (additional references) | |
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"Chevalier" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cheavley, Chevaleret, chevalerie, Kervaire, Tovalieri. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "Chevalier" (pronounced she'vuli"r) |
| 5 | -v u l i" r | cavalier. |
| 4 | -u l i" r | bandolier, chandelier, gondolier. |
| 3 | -l i" r | clear, fleer, Lear, unclear. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-h-i-l-r-v" | |
-1 letter: achiever, chivaree, leachier. | |
-2 letters: achieve, archive, caviler, charlie, chervil, clavier, cleaver, haverel, heavier, leacher, leavier, valeric, vealier, vehicle. | |
-3 letters: achier, archil, cahier, carvel, ceiler, cereal, chelae, chevre, chiral, claver, cleave, clever, eclair, eviler, hailer, healer, heaver, heliac, lacier, laveer, leaver, lecher, levier, lichee, liever, relace, relive, reveal, revile, vealer, veiler. | |
-4 letters: aerie, aiver, alive. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-h-i-l-r-v" | |
+1 letter: chevaliers. | |
+4 letters: overbleaching. | |
+5 letters: extravehicular, hypervigilance. | |
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