cavaliero

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noun

A cavalier, gallant, or libertine.

OriginSpanish caballero →
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Meanings

cavaliero1

nouncavaliero (plural cavalieros or cavalieroes)

plural cavalieros · plural cavalieroes

  1. archaicA cavalier, gallant, or libertine.

    How now, bully Rock? thou'rt a gentleman; cavaliero-juftice , I say

    c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene v]

Cavaliero2

proper nounCavaliero (plural Cavalieros)

plural Cavalieros

  1. A surname.

Origin

  1. Spanishcaballero
  2. Englishcavaliero

From Spanish caballero. See cavalier.

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APA

cavaliero. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cavaliero

MLA

“cavaliero.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cavaliero. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cavaliero,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cavaliero.

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