chivalrous
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Etymology
From Middle English chivalerous, from Old French chevalerous; see chivalry.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈʃɪv.əl.ɹəs/, (archaic) /ˈt͡ʃɪv.əl.ɹəs/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
chivalrous (comparative more chivalrous, superlative most chivalrous)
- (of a man) Honourable, especially to women; gallant.
- 1859, George Meredith, chapter 5, in The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. A History of Father and Son. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC:
- 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.
- 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “VII AND XXI”, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
- 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.
- involving chivalry.
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
of a man: honourable
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involving chivalry
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Adjective
chivalrous
- Alternative form of chivalerous
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