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cavalier

/ˌkævəˈlɪə(r)/adjective

उच्चारण कैवलिअर

लापरवाह, बेपरवाह, अहंकारी

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adjective
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    disapproving

    not caring enough about something important or about the feelings of other people

    लापरवाह, बेपरवाह, अहंकारी

    • a cavalier attitude to safety rules
    • He treated the exam in a cavalier fashion.
    • Critics condemned the minister's cavalier response to the complaints.
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    • Don't take such a cavalier attitude towards your studies.
    • She was cavalier about other people's time and often arrived late.
    • The company's cavalier treatment of customers hurt its reputation.

    Synonyms offhand casual careless dismissive nonchalant

    Opposite careful concerned serious conscientious

noun
  1. 1

    [C] old-fashioned

    a soldier who rides a horse

    घुड़सवार सैनिक

    • a gallant cavalier
    • The cavalier galloped across the field with his sword raised.
    • The painting showed a cavalier in a feathered hat on his horse.
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    • A cavalier rode to the king with an urgent message.
    • In the museum there was a cavalier's helmet and sword.

    Synonyms horseman knight cavalryman chevalier

◇Word family
cavalry noun
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling

cav·a·lier

Spelling and stress: cav-a-lier, with stress on the last syllable, cavaLIER (not 'cavaleer').

Spelling और stress में cav-a-lier, stress अंतिम syllable पर, cavaLIER ('cavaleer' गलत है)।

?Which word?

Keep apart cavalry (soldiers on horses) and Calvary (the hill where Jesus was crucified).

Cavalry (घुड़सवार सैनिक) और Calvary (वह पहाड़ी जहाँ ईसा को सूली दी गई) को अलग रखिए।

⌂Word origin and word building

From the old word for a horseman: the proud manner of the mounted soldier gave the sense of arrogant carelessness.

घुड़सवार के पुराने शब्द से: घुड़सवार सैनिक के गर्वीले ढंग से 'अहंकारी लापरवाही' का अर्थ बना।