Chevalier

1 French actor and cabaret singer (1888-1972) [syn: Maurice Chevalier]

2 a gallant or courtly gentleman [syn: cavalier]

English

Etymology

From Middle English < < caballus

Noun

1. A cavalier; a knight.
2. In tarot cards, the card between the valet and the dame

French

Pronunciation

Noun

chevalier

1. knight

Chevalier is a French word meaning, literally, "horseman", but used as a title that is the equivalent of the English "knight".

"Chevalier" can be:

• The honorific used to address a person holding the rank of chevalier
• A rank in the Légion d'honneur.
• A Dining/Drinking society at University College, Oxford
• Highest honor possible given to an active member of the Order of DeMolay.
• Chevalier College, an MSC school in Bowral, Australia.
• A member of the Ordre National du Mérite (in English: The National Order of Merit), an Order of Chivalry awarded by the President of the French Republic.
• A member of the Order of Palmes académiques ,an Order of Chivalry.
• Male non-professional member of the Chaine des Rotisseurs.
• Chevalier-Montrachet, grand cru vineyard in the Côte de Beaune
• The French word for a signet ring, traditionally worn by the French nobility

People named "Chevalier"

• Albert Chevalier (1861–1923), an English comedian and actor
• Franck Chevalier (born 1973), a French violist
• Godfrey Chevalier, (1889–1922), an American naval aviator
• Grahame Chevalier (born 1937), a South African cricketer
• Haakon Chevalier (1901-1985), an author
• Jules Chevalier (1824-1907), a French Roman Catholic priest
• Marcel Chevalier (born 1921), a French executioner
• Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972), a Belgian-French actor, singer, and popular entertainer
• Michael Chevalier (1933-), a German synchronis speaker and actor
• Mike Chevalier (1943-2006), an American cinematographer
• Morgan Chevalier, a fictional character
• Nicholas Chevalier (1828-1902), Australian artist
• Pierre Chevalier (1905 – 2001), a French caver and mountaineer
• Sivaji Ganesan Chevalier (1927 - 2001), an Indian actor and politician
• Tracy Chevalier (born 1962), a historical novelist
• Ulysse Chevalier (1841–1923), a French bibliographer and historian

"Chevalier" in Arts and Literature

• Hotel Chevalier, the short film that precedes The Darjeeling Limited
• Le Chevalier D'Eon, a 2006 anime.
• Title given to the chiropteran characters who accompany and protect the Queens in the anime TV series Blood+.
• Title given to the male Gallivespian characters who accompany the Ladys in the His Dark Materials book trilogy by Philip Pullman.

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