Cavalier (disambiguation)

A cavalier was a supporter of the Royalist cause during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Cavalier or Cavelier may also refer to:

History

• Virginia Cavaliers (historical)
• Cavalier myth
• Cavalier (fortification)

Corporations

• Cavalier Chocolate, a Belgian chocolatier
• Cavalier Records, a defunct American record label
• Cavalier Telephone and TV a, U.S. internet and telephone company

Dance

• Cavalier, a principal male role in The Nutcracker ballet
• Cavalier, or kavalyé, a dancer in the Dominican folk dance bélé

People

• Alain Cavalier (born 1931), French film director
• Jean Cavalier (1681–1740), Huguenot guerilla leader during the War of the Camisards
• Marie Cavallier (born 1976), second wife of Prince Joachim of Denmark
• Nita Cavalier (1906–1969), American silent film and stage actress
• René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (1643–1687), French explorer best known as "La Salle"
• Cavalier Johnson (born 1986), American politician
• Cavelier Petit, American politician
• Dorothy Cavalier Yanik (1928–2015), American visual artist and educator
• J. M. A. Cavelier de Cuverville (1834–1912), a vice admiral of the French Navy after whom Cuverville Island is named

Places

• Cavalier, North Dakota, a city
• Cavalier County, North Dakota, a county
• Cavalier Space Force Station, a United States Air Force installation in North Dakota
• Cavalier Tower, a tower in Qrendi, Malta

Publications

• Cavalier (comics), a DC Comics supervillain, a minor enemy of Batman
• Cavalier (Dungeons & Dragons), a warrior designation available to players of Dungeons & Dragons
• Cavalier (magazine), a Fawcett Publications men's magazine
• Cavalier (Nedor Comics), a Nedor Comics superhero from the Golden Age of Comics
• Cavaliers and Roundheads, a set of rules for English Civil War miniature wargaming
• The Scrap Book and The Cavalier, American pulp magazines published between 1906 and 1914

Sports teams

• Cleveland Cavaliers, a professional basketball team in the United States
• Virginia Cavaliers, any of the University of Virginia's athletic teams
• UVA Wise Cavaliers, any athletic teams of the University of Virginia's College at Wise
• New Zealand Cavaliers, the unofficial New Zealand rugby team which toured South Africa in 1986
• The Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps, a modern drum and bugle corps from Rosemont, Illinois
• Cavalier F.C., a Jamaican football team
• Cavalier FC, a Bahamian football team
• Walsh Cavaliers, any of Walsh University's athletic teams

Transportation

• Cavalier flying boat, lost in 1939
• Cavalier Mustang, a civilian-modified version of the North American P-51 Mustang aircraft
• The Cavalier range of yachts produced by Cavalier Yachts in New Zealand
• Chevrolet Cavalier, automobile in the US
• Packard Cavalier, a luxury automobile made in the US
• Vauxhall Cavalier, automobile in the UK
• AMC Cavalier, a symmetrical show car with interchangeable body panels
• Mk VII Cavalier tank, a British cruiser tank during World War II
• Cavalier (N&W train), operated by the Norfolk and Western Railway between Chicago and Norfolk
• Cavalier (Canadian train), operated by Canadian National Railway and Via Rail Canada between Montreal and Toronto
• Cavalier (PRR train), operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad between New York and Cape Charles, Virginia
• MacFam Cavalier, a homebuilt aircraft design
• Cavalier, the aircraft of the 1939 Imperial Airways flying boat ditching

Other

• Cavalier (album), a 2007 album by Tom Brosseau
• The Cavalier (film), a 1928 western
• Cavalier (grape), another name for the white French wine grape Len de l'El
• Cavalier (playing card)
• Cavalier perspective, an oblique projection (a way to represent a three-dimensional object on a flat drawing)
• Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, a British breed of toy dog of spaniel type
• Hilltop Manor (The Cavalier Apartment Building), a historic building in Washington, D.C., known as The Cavalier

See also

• Cavalry (disambiguation)
• Cavalryman
• Paladin, in some contexts
• Knight