CHEVALIER

chevalier. Chevalier, [ch as sh] n. a knight, motion of a horse

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Che′va‐lier″ (?), n. [[F., fr. LL. caballarius. See Cavaller.]] 1. 1. A horseman; a knight; a gallant young man. “Mount, chevaliers; to arms.” Shak.
2. 2. A member of certain orders of knighthood.
‖Chevalier d'industrie (�) [], one who lives by persevering fraud; a pickpocket; a sharper. — The Chevalier St. George (Eng. Hist.), James Francis Edward Stuart (son of James II.), called “The Pretender.” — The Young Chevalier, Charles Edward Stuart, son of the Chevalier St. George.