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Date: 1500-1600
Language: French
Origin: Old Italian cavaliere, from Late Latin caballarius 'horse-rider', from Latin caballus 'horse'

cavalier

 adjective
     
cav‧a‧lier [usually before noun]
not caring enough about rules, principles, or people's feelings:
a cavalier attitude to the laws
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