Cavaliering

ppl. a. [f. prec. + -ING².] Playing the cavalier; haughty, domineering.

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1642. J. Goodwin (title), Anti-Cavalierisme … for the suppressing of that Butcherly brood of Cavaliering incendiaries.

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1647. J. Hare, St. Edw. Ghost, in Harl. Misc. (1746), VIII. 91/2. An haughty and cavaliering Nation.

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1680. Hon. Cavalier, 11. A bold Cavaliering Gentleman.

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1816. Scott, Old Mort., xxvii. Some old cavaliering Baron.

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