different between bravery vs chivalry

English

Etymology

French braverie

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?e?v.?.?i/, /?b?e?v.?i/

Noun

bravery (usually uncountable, plural braveries)

1. (usually uncountable) Being brave, courageousness.
2. (countable) A brave act.
3. Splendor, magnificence
   • 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 34:

     Why didst thou promise such a beauteous day,

     And make me travel forth without my cloak,

     To let base clouds o'ertake me in my way,

     Hiding thy brav'ry in their rotten smoke?

   • In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon

Synonyms

• (being brave): bravehood, braveness, courageousness, fearlessness; courage, pluck, valor; see also Thesaurus:courage

Related terms

• bravado
• brave
• bravure

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• chyvalry (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English chivalrie, a late 13th century loan from Old French chevalerie (“knighthood, chivalry, nobility, cavalry”) (11th century), the -erie (“-ery”) abstract of chevaler (“knight, horseman”), from Medieval Latin caballarius (“horseman, knight”), from caballus (“horse”). Medieval Latin caballaria (“knighthood, status or fief of a knight”) dates to the 12th century. Doublet of cavalry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???v?l?i/

Noun

chivalry (usually uncountable, plural chivalries)

1. (now rare, historical) Cavalry; horsemen armed for battle.
   • 1999, George RR Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam 2011, p. 529:

     ‘Most of the lords who rode with Lord Renly to Storm's End have gone over banner-and-blade to Stannis, with all their chivalry.’

2. (obsolete) The fact or condition of being a knight; knightly skill, prowess.
3. The ethical code of the knight prevalent in Medieval Europe, having such primary virtues as mercy towards the poor and oppressed, humility, honour, sacrifice, fear of God, faithfulness, courage and utmost graciousness and courtesy to ladies.
4. Courtesy, respect and honourable conduct between opponents in wartime.
5. Courteous behaviour, especially that of men towards women.
6. (Britain, law, historical) A tenure of lands by knightly service.

Related terms

• cavalier
• chevalier
• chivalresque
• chivalrous

Translations

See also

• bushido
• xiá