Cavaliers

cavaliers

[kä′väl·yā]

(meteorology)

The local term, in the vicinity of Montpelier, France, for the days near the end of March or the beginning of April when the mistral is usually strongest.

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The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Cavaliers

 

during the English Revolution of the 17th cen-tury, a derisive name given by supporters of the Parliament totheir opponents, the Royalists; it came to be used in late 1641.The name emphasized the gentry nature of the royal army, inwhich the cavalry had primary significance.

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