The Only Use of
cavalier
in
Jane Eyre
- When I saw my charmer thus come in accompanied by a cavalier, I seemed to hear a hiss, and the green snake of jealousy, rising on undulating coils from the moonlit balcony, glided within my waistcoat, and ate its way in two minutes to my heart's core.†
p. 168.2
Definition:
given to arrogant disregard of others or of consequences