Both Uses of
cavalier
in
Gone with the Wind
- She was going to say "when you haven't the man you want," but Gerald, incensed by the cavalier way in which she treated his proffered gift, the thing which, next to Ellen, he loved best in the whole world uttered a roar.†
Chpt 1.2
- She stood back and viewed him with pride, thinking that even Jeb Stuart with his flaunting sash and plume could not look so dashing as her cavalier.†
Chpt 2.15 *
Definition:
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(cavalier as in: a cavalier attitude) given to arrogant disregard of others or of consequences