Cavalier (disambiguation)

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Cavalier may refer to:

• Cavalier, a supporter of the Royalist cause during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms
• Cavalier poets of the English Civil War
• Cavalier Parliament (1661-1679) A Restoration Parliament
• cavalryman
• paladin, in some contexts

Corporations

• Cavalier Telephone and TV a U.S. telephone company
• Cavalier Records, a record label

Dance

• Cavalier, principal male role in The Nutcracker ballet
• A cavalier, or kavalyé, is one of the dancers in the Dominican folk dance bélé

People

• René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, the explorer best known as "La Salle"
• German Cavelier (1922 - 2005) Colombian lawyer, founder of the firm Cavelier Abogados.
• J.M.A. Cavelier de Cuverville (1834-1912), a vice admiral of the French Navy

Places

• Cavalier, North Dakota, a city
• Cavalier County, North Dakota, a county
• Cavalier Air Force Station, a United States Air Force installation in North Dakota

Publications

• Cavalier (comics) is a DC Comics supervillain, a minor enemy of Batman.
• Cavalier (magazine), a Fawcett Publications men's magazine
• Cavalier (Munsey), a Munsey Publications pulp magazine (1908–1915)
• Cavalier (Nedor) was a Nedor Comics superhero from the Golden Age of Comics.

Sport teams

• Cleveland Cavaliers, a professional basketball team in the NBA.
• Virginia Cavaliers any of the University of Virginia's athletic teams
• New Zealand Cavaliers, the unofficial New Zealand rugby team which toured South Africa in 1986

Transport & Vehicles

• The Cavalier flying boat, lost in 1939
• Cavalier Mustang, was 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
• Vauxhall Cavalier, automobile in the UK
• AMC Cavalier, a symmetrical show car with interchangeable body panels.

Other

• Cavaliers and Roundheads (game), Cavalier is a warrior designation available to players of Dungeons & Dragons.
• Cavalier (fortification)
• The Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps, a modern drum and bugle corps from Rosemont, Illinois
• Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, a breed of small dog