Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A Spanish gentleman; a cavalier.
  • noun A man who is skilled in riding and managing horses; a horseman.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A Spanish knight or gentleman.
  • noun A grave and stately Spanish dance.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A knight or cavalier; hence, a gentleman.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A horseman, particularly in the Latin American context

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Spanish, from Late Latin caballārius, horse groom, from Latin caballus, horse.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Spanish caballero

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word caballero.

Examples

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.