cavaliers

plural of cavalier
as in gentlemen
an honorable and courteous man a novel about the dashing cavaliers and gracious ladies of the South before the Civil War

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Recent Examples of cavaliers The young women and their cavaliers headed to L’Arc, a nightclub in Paris situated near the Shangri-La; there, the group continued their celebrations some hours later. Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
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gentlemen
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  • That is some business that the gentlemen are discussing.
    Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
  • And that, ladies and gentlemen, has to be one of the most surreal paragraphs ever printed in The New York Times.
    Maureen Dowd, Mercury News, 18 June 2026

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“Cavaliers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cavaliers. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.

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