Equestrian vs Cavalier - What's the difference?
equestrian | cavalier |
of horseback riding or horseback riders
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.
As adjectives the difference between equestrian and cavalier
is that equestrian is of horseback riding or horseback riders while cavalier is not caring enough about something important.As nouns the difference between equestrian and cavalier
is that equestrian is an equestrian person; a horserider while cavalier is a military man serving on horse.equestrian
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- They were an equestrian people.
- After his death an equestrian statue was created.
Hyponyms
* equestrienneDerived terms
* equestrianismcavalier
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.
