A cavalier was a supporter of the Royalist cause during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.

Cavalier or Cavelier may also refer to:

History

  • Virginia Cavaliers (historical)
  • Cavalier myth
  • Cavalier (fortification)

Corporations

  • Cavalier Chocolate, a Belgian chocolatier
  • Cavalier Records, a defunct American record label
  • Cavalier Telephone and TV a, U.S. internet and telephone company

Dance

  • Cavalier, a principal male role in The Nutcracker ballet
  • Cavalier, or kavalyé, a dancer in the Dominican folk dance bélé

People

  • Alain Cavalier (born 1931), French film director
  • Jean Cavalier (1681–1740), Huguenot guerilla leader during the War of the Camisards
  • Marie Cavallier (born 1976), second wife of Prince Joachim of Denmark
  • Nita Cavalier (1906–1969), American silent film and stage actress
  • René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (1643–1687), French explorer best known as "La Salle"
  • Cavalier, American rapper who released Different Type Time (2024)
  • Cavalier Johnson (born 1986), American politician
  • Cavelier Petit, American politician
  • Dorothy Cavalier Yanik (1928–2015), American visual artist and educator
  • J. M. A. Cavelier de Cuverville (1834–1912), a vice admiral of the French Navy after whom Cuverville Island is named

Places

  • Cavalier, North Dakota, a city
  • Cavalier County, North Dakota, a county
  • Cavalier Space Force Station, a United States Air Force installation in North Dakota
  • Cavalier Tower, a tower in Qrendi, Malta

Publications

  • Cavalier (character), a DC Comics supervillain, a minor enemy of Batman
  • Cavalier (Dungeons & Dragons), a warrior designation available to players of Dungeons & Dragons
  • Cavalier (magazine), a Fawcett Publications men's magazine
  • Cavalier (Nedor Comics), a Nedor Comics superhero from the Golden Age of Comics
  • Cavaliers and Roundheads, a set of rules for English Civil War miniature wargaming
  • The Scrap Book and The Cavalier, American pulp magazines published between 1906 and 1914

Sports teams

  • Cleveland Cavaliers, a professional basketball team in the United States
  • Virginia Cavaliers, any of the University of Virginia's athletic teams
  • UVA Wise Cavaliers, any athletic teams of the University of Virginia's College at Wise
  • New Zealand Cavaliers, the unofficial New Zealand rugby team which toured South Africa in 1986
  • The Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps, a modern drum and bugle corps from Rosemont, Illinois
  • Cavalier F.C., a Jamaican football team
  • Cavalier FC, a Bahamian football team
  • Walsh Cavaliers, any of Walsh University's athletic teams

Transportation

  • Cavalier flying boat, lost in 1939
  • Cavalier Mustang, a civilian-modified version of the North American P-51 Mustang aircraft
  • The Cavalier range of yachts produced by Cavalier Yachts in New Zealand
  • Chevrolet Cavalier, automobile in the US
  • Packard Cavalier, a luxury automobile made in the US
  • Vauxhall Cavalier, automobile in the UK
  • AMC Cavalier, a symmetrical show car with interchangeable body panels
  • Mk VII Cavalier tank, a British cruiser tank during World War II
  • Cavalier (N&W train), operated by the Norfolk and Western Railway between Chicago and Norfolk
  • Cavalier (Canadian train), operated by Canadian National Railway and Via Rail Canada between Montreal and Toronto
  • Cavalier (PRR train), operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad between New York and Cape Charles, Virginia
  • MacFam Cavalier, a homebuilt aircraft design
  • Cavalier, the aircraft of the 1939 Imperial Airways flying boat ditching

Other

  • Cavalier (album), a 2007 album by Tom Brosseau
  • The Cavalier (film), a 1928 western
  • Cavalier (grape), another name for the white French wine grape Len de l'El
  • Cavalier (playing card)
  • Cavalier perspective, an oblique projection (a way to represent a three-dimensional object on a flat drawing)
  • Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, a British breed of toy dog of spaniel type
  • Hilltop Manor (The Cavalier Apartment Building), a historic building in Washington, D.C., known as The Cavalier
  • Popinjay Cavalier, an upcoming play by Quentin Tarantino

See also

  • Cavalry (disambiguation)
  • Cavalryman
  • Paladin, in some contexts
  • Knight