cavaleiro

From Late Latin caballārius (“horseman”), from Latin caballus.

• IPA^(key): /ka.βa.ˈlej.ɾo/

cavaleiro m (plural cavaleiros)

1. knight (mediaeval warrior)
2. a noble ranked below an infançon and above an escudeiro

• (Portuguese fidalgo ranks) fidalgo; ricome, infançon, cavaleiro, escudeiro

• cavalo

• Galician: cabaleiro
• Portuguese: cavaleiro

• (obsolete): cavaleyro, cavalleiro, cavalleyro

From Old Portuguese cavaleiro, from Late Latin caballārius, from Latin caballus; corresponds to Portuguese cavalo (“horse”) +‎ -eiro (“-eer”). Doublet of cavalheiro.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐvɐˈlɐjɾu/, /kɐvɐˈlejɾu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌka.va.ˈle(j).ɾu/
  • (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.va.ˈlej.ɾo/
• Hyphenation: ca‧va‧lei‧ro

cavaleiro m (plural cavaleiros, feminine cavaleira, feminine plural cavaleiras)

1. (military, historical) knight (heavily armoured warrior of the Middle Ages)
2. (military) cavalryman; cavalier (soldier who serves on a cavalry regiment)
3. horseman; horserider (person who rides a horse)
4. (nobility) knight (noble ranked below a baron)

• (cavalryman): cavalariano

• a cavaleiro
• a cavaleiro de
• cavaleirismo
• cavaleiro andante
• cavaleiro errante
• cavaleiro teutónico
• cavaleiro-vilão

• cavalheiro
• cavalo
• cavalaria
• cavalhada