different between grandee vs chevalier

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish grande (adjective), from Latin grandis (“large, great”). Doublet of grand and grande.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æn?di?/

Noun

grandee (plural grandees)

1. A high-ranking nobleman in Spain or Portugal. [from 1590s]
   • 1670, Antoine de Brunel, François van Aerssen, A Journey Into Spain, page 38

2. (by extension) A person of high rank.

   Synonym: magnate

Translations

Further reading

• grandee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Redange, agender, angered, derange, en garde, enraged, grenade

English

Etymology

From Middle English chivaler or chevaler (also shyvalere while code-switching), from Anglo-Norman chevaler or chivaler, later refashioned after French chevalier, from Late Latin caballarius (“horseman”), from Latin caballus (“horse”). Doublet of cavalier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???v??l??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Noun

chevalier (plural chevaliers)

1. A cavalier; a knight.
2. In tarot cards, the card between the valet and the dame

References

French

Etymology

From Middle French chevalier, from Old French chevalier, from Late Latin caball?rius, from Latin caballus. Doublet of cavalier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.va.lje/
• Rhymes: -je

Noun

chevalier m (plural chevaliers, feminine chevalière)

1. knight
2. sandpiper (bird)

Derived terms

Related terms

• cheval
• chevalerie
• chevalière

Descendants

• Turkish: ?övalye

Further reading

• “chevalier” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Alternative forms

• shyvalere

Etymology

From Old French chevalier.

Noun

chevalier m (plural chevaliers)

1. knight

Related terms

• cheval

Descendants

• French: chevalier

Old French

Alternative forms

• cevalier (Picardy)
• chevaler (Anglo-Norman)
• chivaler (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

From Late Latin caball?rius, from Latin caballus. Compare Old Occitan cavalier.

Noun

chevalier m (oblique plural chevaliers, nominative singular chevaliers, nominative plural chevalier)

1. knight
2. (chess) knight

Descendants

• ? English: chevalier
• Middle French: chevalier
  • French: chevalier
  • Norman: quevalier
  • Picard: cvalier
  • Bourguignon: chevaulei

References