Chevalier \Che`va*lier"\, n. [F., fr. LL. caballarius. See Cavaller.]

1. A horseman; a knight; a gallant young man. ``Mount, chevaliers; to arms.'' --Shak.

2. A member of certain orders of knighthood.

Chevalier d'industrie[F.]

, one who lives by persevering fraud; a pickpocket; a sharper.

The Chevalier St. George (Eng. Hist.), James Francis Edward Stuart (son of James II.), called ``The Pretender.''

The Young Chevalier, Charles Edward Stuart, son of the Chevalier St. George.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)