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Cavalier

Cavaliers were gentlemen supporters of the Royalist cause during the English Civil Wars (1642–1651). The Parliamentarians on the other side were called Roundheads.
More generally Cavalier means cavalryman, from the French Chevalier (not to be mistaken with the French meaning of cavalier, which is horse-rider).
Cavalier is also the name of two makes of General Motors J-body cars; the Chevrolet Cavalier in the US, and the Vauxhall Cavalier in the UK.
Cavalier is also the sports mascot of the University of Virginia. In professional sports, the Cleveland Cavaliers are a basketball team in the National Basketball Association.
Cavalier also describes the shape of a particular style of tobacco pipe.
Two different passenger trains operated under the name Cavalier . They were operated by the Norfolk & Western (Cincinnati, OH-Norfolk, VA) and the Pennsylvania (New York, NY-Cape Charles) railroads.
The Cavalier was a men's magazine published from 1908 to 1914.
Cavalier was a men's magazine, unrelated to The Cavalier, published from 1952 to some time in the 1990s. It was one of the first magazines to publish the work of Stephen King.
The Cavaliers are a modern Division I drum and bugle corps from Rosemont, Illinois. They compete in the Drum Corps International circuit.

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