"chivalrous" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈʃɪv.əl.ɹəs/ [UK], /ˈt͡ʃɪv.əl.ɹəs/ [UK, archaic] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chivalrous.wav Forms: more chivalrous [comparative], most chivalrous [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English chivalerous, from Old French chevalerous; see chivalry. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|chivalerous}} Middle English chivalerous, {{der|en|fro|chevalerous}} Old French chevalerous Head templates: {{en-adj}} chivalrous (comparative more chivalrous, superlative most chivalrous)
  1. (of a man) Honourable, especially to women; gallant. Categories (topical): Personality Translations (of a man: honourable): ասպետական (aspetakan) (Armenian), кавалерски (kavalerski) (Bulgarian), галантен (galanten) (Bulgarian), cavalleresc (Catalan), cavallerós (Catalan), 騎士般的 (Chinese Mandarin), 骑士般的 (qíshì bān de) (Chinese Mandarin), 彬彬有禮的 (Chinese Mandarin), 彬彬有礼的 (bīnbīnyǒulǐ de) (Chinese Mandarin), rytířský [masculine] (Czech), kavalira (Esperanto), ritarillinen (Finnish), chevaleresque (French), galant [masculine] (French), cabaleiroso [masculine] (Galician), ritterlich (German), ehrlich (German), ridiriúil (Irish), cavalleresco (Italian), galante (Italian), cavalheiresco (Portuguese), ры́царский (rýcarskij) (Russian), гала́нтный (galántnyj) (Russian), благоро́дный (blagoródnyj) (Russian), ridireach (Scottish Gaelic), viteški (Slovene), caballeroso (Spanish), ridderlig (Swedish), ädel (Swedish)
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  2. Involving chivalry. Translations (involving chivalry): ասպետական (aspetakan) (Armenian), рицарски (ricarski) (Bulgarian), cavalleresc (Catalan), cavallerós (Catalan), 騎士風範的 (Chinese Mandarin), 骑士风范的 (qíshì fēngfàn de) (Chinese Mandarin), rytířský [masculine] (Czech), kavalireca (Esperanto), ritarillinen (Finnish), galant (French), chevaleresque (French), ritterlich (German), ridiriúil (Irish), chivalerous (Middle English), cavalheiresco (Portuguese), ры́царский (rýcarskij) (Russian), гала́нтный (galántnyj) (Russian), ridireach (Scottish Gaelic), viteški (Slovene), caballeroso (Spanish), caballeresco (Spanish), ridderlig (Swedish), ädel (Swedish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chivalrously, chivalrousness, nonchivalrous, semichivalrous, superchivalrous
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      "word": "unchivalrous"
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    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Middle English translations",
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    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
    "Terms with Slovene translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
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      "word": "chivalrously"
    },
    {
      "word": "chivalrousness"
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      "word": "nonchivalrous"
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          "ref": "1859, George Meredith, chapter 5, in The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. A History of Father and Son. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Among boys there are laws of honour and chivalrous codes, not written, or formally taught, but intuitively understood by all, and invariably acted upon by the loyal and the true.",
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          "text": "It amazed me that I could have allowed myself to be let in for a binge of this description simply because a woman wished it. Too bally chivalrous for our own good, we Woosters, and always have been.",
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        "(of a man) Honourable, especially to women; gallant."
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      "glosses": [
        "Involving chivalry."
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      "ipa": "/ˈʃɪv.əl.ɹəs/",
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "aspetakan",
      "sense": "of a man: honourable",
      "word": "ասպետական"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "of a man: honourable",
      "word": "кавалерски"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "sense": "of a man: honourable",
      "word": "галантен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "of a man: honourable",
      "word": "cavalleresc"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "of a man: honourable",
      "word": "cavallerós"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "of a man: honourable",
      "word": "騎士般的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qíshì bān de",
      "sense": "of a man: honourable",
      "word": "骑士般的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "of a man: honourable",
      "word": "彬彬有禮的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bīnbīnyǒulǐ de",
      "sense": "of a man: honourable",
      "word": "彬彬有礼的"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "of a man: honourable",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "of a man: honourable",
      "word": "kavalira"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of a man: honourable",
      "word": "ritarillinen"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of a man: honourable",
      "word": "chevaleresque"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of a man: honourable",
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      "word": "galant"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "of a man: honourable",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cabaleiroso"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of a man: honourable",
      "word": "ritterlich"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of a man: honourable",
      "word": "ehrlich"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "of a man: honourable",
      "word": "ridiriúil"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of a man: honourable",
      "word": "cavalleresco"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of a man: honourable",
      "word": "galante"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of a man: honourable",
      "word": "cavalheiresco"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rýcarskij",
      "sense": "of a man: honourable",
      "word": "ры́царский"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "galántnyj",
      "sense": "of a man: honourable",
      "word": "гала́нтный"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "blagoródnyj",
      "sense": "of a man: honourable",
      "word": "благоро́дный"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "of a man: honourable",
      "word": "ridireach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "of a man: honourable",
      "word": "viteški"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of a man: honourable",
      "word": "caballeroso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of a man: honourable",
      "word": "ridderlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of a man: honourable",
      "word": "ädel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "aspetakan",
      "sense": "involving chivalry",
      "word": "ասպետական"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ricarski",
      "sense": "involving chivalry",
      "word": "рицарски"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "involving chivalry",
      "word": "cavalleresc"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "involving chivalry",
      "word": "cavallerós"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "involving chivalry",
      "word": "騎士風範的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qíshì fēngfàn de",
      "sense": "involving chivalry",
      "word": "骑士风范的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "involving chivalry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rytířský"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "involving chivalry",
      "word": "kavalireca"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "involving chivalry",
      "word": "ritarillinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "involving chivalry",
      "word": "galant"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "involving chivalry",
      "word": "chevaleresque"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "involving chivalry",
      "word": "ritterlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "involving chivalry",
      "word": "ridiriúil"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "involving chivalry",
      "word": "chivalerous"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "involving chivalry",
      "word": "cavalheiresco"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rýcarskij",
      "sense": "involving chivalry",
      "word": "ры́царский"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "galántnyj",
      "sense": "involving chivalry",
      "word": "гала́нтный"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "involving chivalry",
      "word": "ridireach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "involving chivalry",
      "word": "viteški"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "involving chivalry",
      "word": "caballeroso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "involving chivalry",
      "word": "caballeresco"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "involving chivalry",
      "word": "ridderlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "involving chivalry",
      "word": "ädel"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chivalrous"
}

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