CAVALIER (2)

cavalier (2). Cavalier, a. gay, brave, warlike, haughty, proud

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Cav′a‐lier″, a. Gay; easy; offhand; frank. The plodding, persevering scupulous accuracy of the one, and the easy, cavalier, verbal fluency of the other, form a complete contrast. Hazlitt. 2. 2. High-spirited. “The people are naturally not valiant, and not much cavalier.” Suckling.
3. 3. Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque.
4. 4. Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I. “An old Cavalier family.” Beaconsfield.