< Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
CHEVALIER (she-vä-lyā′), an honorary title given, especially in the 18th century, to younger sons of French noble families. Both the Old and Young Pretender were called the Chevalier by their partisans. In a general way it is used with the same significance as Knight (q. v.).
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