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Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Easy; offhand; frank.
  • High-spirited.
  • Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I.
  • Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque.

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Noun:

  • A military man serving on horse.
  • A sprightly, military man; hence, a gallant.
  • A well mannered man; a gentleman.
  • A work of more than ordinary height, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking surrounding parts.
  • One of the court party in the time of King Charles I, as contrasted with a Roundhead or an adherent of Parliament.

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