chiv´al|rous|ness

chiv´al|rous|ness
chiv|al|rous «SHIHV uhl ruhs», adjective.
1. a) having the qualities of an ideal knight; brave, courteous, helpful, honorable, and devoted to the service of the weak and oppressed. SYNONYM(S): considerate, gallant. b) having to do with the rules of knights in the Middle Ages: »

the old feudal and chivalrous spirit of fealty (Edmund Burke).

c) devoted to the service of the female sex.
2. Obsolete. like or characteristic of a medieval knight, especially brave.
[< Old French chevalrous, chevalreus < chevalier chevalier]
chiv´al|rous|ly, adverb.
chiv´al|rous|ness, noun.

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