cavaliero

See also: Cavaliero

English

Etymology

From Spanish caballero. See cavalier.

Noun

cavaliero (plural cavalieros or cavalieroes)

(archaic) A cavalier, gallant, or libertine.
- c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene v]:
  How now, bully Rock? thou'rt a gentleman; cavaliero-juftice , I say

References

“cavaliero”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.