Synonyms of chevalier

chevalier

noun

as in knight

Related Words

• knight
• cavalier
• seigneur
• squire
• nobleman
• hidalgo
• country gentleman
• sheikh
• seignior
• nawab
• prince
• milord
• nabob
• viscount
• baron
• earl
• duke
• baronet
• grandee
• marquess
• gentleman
• esquire
• don
• margrave
• lord
• raja
• princeling
• peer
• count
• master
• marchese
• lordship
• sire
• princelet

Dissimilar Words

• peasant
• boor
• peon
• commoner
• fellah
• churl
• cottar
• proletarian
• plebeian
• pleb
• toiler

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of chevalier

Pépin has been awarded a number of French and American accolades, including France’s highest civilian honor, becoming a chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 2004, and lifetime achievement awards from the James Beard Foundation (2005) and American Public Television (2015). — Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Mar. 2026

The three-course lunch menu is exceptional value at €58 ($68), featuring locavore produce like delicate omble chevalier (Arctic char) line-fished in the deep icy waters of Lake Annecy, or a simple onion, cooked with a sweet almond cream, quince, and rosemary oil. — John Brunton, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Feb. 2026

Available in 9-karat and 18-karat yellow and white gold, the pendant and chevalier ring come with a cast kit to take the pet’s nose print, which is then reproduced on the jewels by the brand’s goldsmiths. — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 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