cavalero

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noun

A cavalier.

OriginPortuguese cavaleiro →
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Meanings

nouncavalero (plural cavaleros)

plural cavaleros

  1. obsoleteA cavalier.

    I’ll drink to Master Bardolph, and to all the cavaleros about London.

    c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii], line 62

Origin

  1. Portuguesecavaleiro“knight”
  2. Englishcavalero

Early form of cavalier, possibly from Portuguese cavaleiro (“knight”).

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Anagrams

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APA

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Chicago

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