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Cavalier vs Marauder - What's the difference?

cavalier | marauder |

As nouns the difference between cavalier and marauder

is that cavalier is a military man serving on horse while marauder is someone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder.

As an adjective cavalier

is not caring enough about something important.

cavalier

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not caring enough about something important.
  • The very dignified officials were confused by his cavalier manner.
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  • Far from marking the outer edge of the solar system, as those school-room maps so cavalierly imply, Pluto is barely one-fifty-thousandth of the way.
  • High-spirited.
  • Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque.
  • Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A military man serving on horse.
  • A sprightly, military man; hence, a gallant.
  • One of the court party in the time of King Charles I, as contrasted with a Roundhead or an adherent of Parliament.
  • A work of more than ordinary height, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking surrounding parts.
  • A well mannered man; a gentleman.
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    marauder

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder.
  • A band of outlaws who raid and pillage.
  • By extension anything which marauds.