Cavalier (disambiguation)

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Generally

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 Poet
• Cavalier Parliament (1661-1679) Restoration Parliament
• cavalryman
• paladin, in some contexts
• knight
• Virginia Cavaliers (historical)

Corporations

• Cavalier Telephone and TV a, U.S. internet and telephone company
• Cavalier Records, a defunct American record label
• Cavalier Chocolate, a Belgian chocolatier making only chocolate products without adding sugar

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 (1643–1687), a French explorer best known as "La Salle"
• J.M.A. Cavelier de Cuverville (1834–1912), a vice admiral of the French Navy after whom Cuverville Island is named
• Alain Cavalier (born 1931), a French film director
• Marie Cavallier (born 1976), second wife of Prince Joachim of Denmark
• Nita Cavalier (1906-1969), American silent film and stage actress.

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
• Cavalier Tower, a tower in Qrendi, Malta

Publications

• Cavalier (comics), a DC Comics supervillain, a minor enemy of Batman
• Cavalier (magazine), a Fawcett Publications men's magazine
• Cavalier (Nedor Comics), a Nedor Comics superhero from the Golden Age of Comics
• Cavalier (Dungeons & Dragons), a warrior designation available to players of Dungeons & Dragons
• Cavaliers and Roundheads, a set of rules for English Civil War miniature wargaming
• The Cavalier, an American pulp magazine later merged with The All-Story

Sport teams

• Cleveland Cavaliers, a professional basketball team in the United States
• 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
• The Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps, a modern drum and bugle corps from Rosemont, Illinois
• Cavalier F.C., Jamaican football team
• Cavalier FC, Bahamian football team

Transportation

• The 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
• 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

Other

• Cavalier (fortification)
• Cavalier (grape), another name for the white French wine grape Len de l'El
• Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, a breed of small toy dog
• Cavalier perspective, an oblique projection (a way to represent a three-dimensional object on a flat drawing)
• Hilltop Manor (The Cavalier Apartment Building), historic building in Washington, D.C.
• J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers, a rock group