cavaleiro

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

• (Galicia) IPA^(key): /ka.βa.ˈlej.ɾo/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ka.βa.ˈlej.ɾʊ/

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

• cavaleyro, cavalleiro, cavalleyro (obsolete)

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

• (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐβɐˈlejɾu/
• 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)

   Synonym: cavalariano

3. horseman; horserider (person who rides a horse)
4. (nobility) knight (noble ranked below a baron)

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

• cavalheiro
• cavalo
• cavalaria
• cavalhada