chevalier

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Recent Examples of chevalier But the trouble with chivalry is that the chevalier decides what is best for the lady without consulting her. Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025 He was made a chevalier of arts and letters by the French Culture Ministry in 1991. Michael S. Rosenwald, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025 In 2021, Gaydos was named a chevalier/knight by France’s Ministry of Culture in recognition of his long career in entertainment. Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 24 Feb. 2025 But the trouble with chivalry is that the chevalier decides what is best for the lady without consulting her. Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025 He was made a chevalier of arts and letters by the French Culture Ministry in 1991. Michael S. Rosenwald, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025 For the chevalier’s apartment in Paris, where much of the movie is filmed, Murphy visited the Hotel le Peletier, a Baroque mansion in Paris, and the Château de Maisons-Laffitte in the suburbs of Paris. Camille Okhio, ELLE Decor, 26 Apr. 2023 He was made a chevalier in the French Order of Arts and Letters in 1986, was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1988 and was elevated in 2001 to a Companion of Honor, a British distinction limited to 65 living people. Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2022 But Widmaier-Picasso’s insight proves both singular and intimate through her stories of Maya, impressively decorated as a Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres and a chevalier de la Légion d’honneur. Amy Verner, Vogue, 16 Apr. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chevalier
Noun
  • The trove included 16th-century records of clandestine government affairs, a 15th-century letter from a knight and documents from the Dutch East India Company.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 July 2025
  • The handball-esque sport was initially favored by medieval monks and knights but quickly became popular among French royalty — which is why it was typically played indoors, like in palaces.
    Rachel Treisman, NPR, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • The event kicked off with an opening dance, before the debutantes lined up for a waltz with their fathers, who were then passed onto their cavaliers for dancing with a live band.
    Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Opal is described as a 5-pound red/brown cavapoo — a mix of a King Charles cavalier and a poodle.
    Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2024
Noun
  • Gianfranco was every inch the grand seigneur but without the pretense.
    John Mariani, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
  • The Patriots have lost five of six to Bills uber-QB Josh Allen, the reigning signal-caller seigneur of the AFC East.
    Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Jan. 2023
Noun
  • Ethan — Victor’s squire and one of the few people in town who sees this as a quest, also sees the Boy In White, perhaps the best team player in town despite his age.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
  • In the prequel, set a century before the events of Game of Thrones, two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros… a young, naïve but courageous knight, Ser Duncan the Tall, and his diminutive squire, Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell).
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Edgar Ravenswood, a Scottish nobleman, speaks in Standard English throughout the text.
    Rachel Ashcroft July 7, Literary Hub, 7 July 2025
  • At a young age, like a nobleman in earlier centuries, Malaparte was dispatched to be raised by others—in this case, a metalworker’s family on the city’s outskirts.
    Thomas Meaney, New Yorker, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • The oldest in the region is the Half Way House in Chesterfield, of course, which has been serving Founding Fathers, Civil War generals and at least one French marquis since 1760.
    Karri Peifer, Axios, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Queen Charlotte presents Francesca with a marquis from Vienna.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 16 May 2024

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