chevalier

Example Sentences

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His family, who call him notre petit chevalier - our little knight - said, in an update posted on a GoFundMe page, their house was being adapted for his "precarious" walking.

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2023

He caught the attention of King Louis XV, who named him a chevalier.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2022

She was also appointed a chevalier of France’s Legion of Honour in 2010.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2017

Puccini's opera, which premiered in 1893, is one of several musical adaptations of a short novel by Abbe Prevost published in 1731 and titled "L'Histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut."

From US News • Mar. 1, 2016

“Gawaine,” said Mordred to the air, “is such a preux chevalier that nobody must say anything wicked, or there will be trouble. You see, he is strong—and be apes the great Sir Lancelot.”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White