cavalier

Much of the world still thinks of Latin American organized crime in terms of cut-throat cocaine cartels and cavalier capos like Pablo Escobar.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

“The cavalier manner in which Trump Mobile has treated its customers is shocking,” Warner wrote in a Tuesday letter to Trump Mobile.

From Salon ● May 21, 2026

The people from the call center didn’t like my team’s cavalier attitude or our shorthand communication style.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

Oh, you want me to become a cavalier, because this is still the most prestigious role in the army?

From Slate ● Mar. 2, 2026

And then Spoade said they were going somewhere, would not be back until late, and Mrs Bland would need another cavalier.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

She said her cavaliers “saved our life” after she and her husband lost two sons, 17-year-old Matthew in a 2001 car crash and 36-year-old Scott, who had multiple disabilities, in 2010.

From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2023

He wished that his knights for the battle would thirst, But his “brave” cavaliers were, quite simply, The Worst.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 21, 2022

For instance, in the Waltz of the Flowers, the four cavaliers, suited up hilariously as tuxedoed bumblebees, toss the ballerinas in quick succession, avoiding airborne collisions by seconds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2015

The idiom is organized in terms of chivalry around female glory: men in black tunics and tights serve principally as cavaliers and as background to women who are resplendent in white tutus.

From New York Times ● May 22, 2013

The only ones who even irritated him were the cavaliers, the high-bred, feathery, courtly ones who spoke like Englishmen and treated a man like dirt.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara