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caballus
Late Latin · ancient
"a horse"
a horse, especially a workhorse
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cavaliere
Italian · medieval
"a horseman, a knight"
a horseman, a knight, from cavallo (horse, from caballus)
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cavalier
English · 1580s
"a knightly gentleman, or someone offhand and dismissive"
settled as the English word for a knightly gentleman, later meaning offhand or dismissive
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