Cavalier vs Rider - What's the difference?
cavalier | rider |
Not caring enough about something important.
* 2003 , Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything'', ''Black Swan , pg.46:
High-spirited.
Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque.
Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I.
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.
one who rides, often a horse or motorcycle
(politics) a provision annexed to a bill under the consideration of a legislature, having little connection with the subject matter of the bill
(by extension) Something extra or burdensome that is imposed.
* A. S. Hardy
an amendment or addition to an entertainer's performance contract, often covering a performer's equipment or food, drinks, and general comfort requirements
A small, sliding piece of aluminium on a chemical balance, used to determine small weights
(UK, archaic) An agent who went out with samples of goods to obtain orders; a commercial traveller.
(obsolete) One who breaks in or manages a horse.
(math) A problem of extra difficulty added to another on an examination paper.
An old Dutch gold coin with the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it.
* J. Fletcher
(mining) Rock material in a vein of ore, dividing it.
(shipbuilding) An interior rib occasionally fixed in a ship's hold, reaching from the keelson to the beams of the lower deck, to strengthen the frame.
(nautical) The second tier of casks in a vessel's hold.
A small forked weight which straddles the beam of a balance, along which it can be moved in the manner of the weight on a steelyard.
(obsolete, UK, dialect) A robber.
As an adjective cavalier
is not caring enough about something important.As a noun cavalier
is a military man serving on horse.As a proper noun rider is
more often spelled ryder.cavalier
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The very dignified officials were confused by his cavalier manner.
- 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.
Noun
(en noun)References
Anagrams
* ----rider
English
Noun
(en noun)- This [question] was a rider which Mab found difficult to answer.
- (Shakespeare)
- His mouldy money! half a dozen riders .
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