The Collaborative International Dictionary
The Chevalier St George
Chevalier \Che`va*lier"\, n. [F., fr. LL. caballarius. See Cavaller.]
A horseman; a knight; a gallant young man. ``Mount, chevaliers; to arms.''
--Shak.-
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. [1913 Webster] ||