chivalrous

chiv·al·rous (sh

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adj.

1. Having the qualities of gallantry and honor attributed to an ideal knight.

2. Of or relating to chivalry.

3. Characterized by consideration and courtesy, especially toward women.

chival·rous·ly adv.

chival·rous·ness n.

chivalrous [ˈʃɪvəlrəs]

adj

1. gallant; courteous

2. involving chivalry

[from Old French chevalerous, from chevalier]

chivalrously adv

chivalrousness n

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Adj.

chivalrous - being attentive to women like an ideal knight

knightly, gallant

courteous - characterized by courtesy and gracious good manners; "if a man be gracious and courteous to strangers it shows he is a citizen of the world"-Francis Bacon

chivalrous

adjective courteous, knightly, gentlemanly, honourable, gallant, courtly, high-minded, magnanimous He was a handsome, upright and chivalrous man.
rude, boorish, dishonourable, ungallant, unmannerly, uncourtly

Translations

chivalrous [ˈʃɪvəlrəs] ADJ → caballeroso

chivalrous [ˈʃɪvəlrəs] adj

(= gallant) → galant(e)

(= according with the rules of chivalry) → chevaleresque

chivalrous

adj, chivalrously

adv → ritterlich

chivalrous [ˈʃɪv/əlrəs] adj → cavalleresco/a

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Bayard
cavalier
cavalierly
Chevalier
Chevalier de Bayard
courtly
Derdoing
Don Quixote
emprise
Galahad
gallant
gallantly
gallantry
gentle
gentlemanly
gentleness
gently
gracious
grail

This inevitability alone can explain how the cruel Arakcheev, who tore out a grenadier's mustache with his own hands, whose weak nerves rendered him unable to face danger, and who was neither an educated man nor a courtier, was able to maintain his powerful position with Alexander, whose own character was chivalrous, noble, and gentle.

War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

He desired her respect, and that fact helped him to his final decision, but the thing that decided him was born of the truly chivalrous nature he possessed--he wanted Virginia Maxon to be happy; it mattered not at what cost to him.

The Monster Men by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

Yet when we try to bring some little ray of hope, some chance, however distant, of something better, we are told by chivalrous gentlemen that it is against their principles to help.

Beyond the City by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context

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