Vocabulary
Cavalier
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a horseman, especially a cavalryman
Urdu meaning
گھڑ سوار، فوجی بہادر، شہہ سوار
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Equally concerning is how cavalier this regime has been in dishing out `favours` from public monies in the form of wage increases, special grants and allowances, as well as various exemptions.
- But is it desirable that they override the constitutional protections available to taxpayers, especially when stories of the cavalier tactics used by tax collectors to extort money or meet their targets are known to all?
- HE Trump administration has sunk to a new low in its cavalier approach to the Gaza crisis.
Synonyms
Royalist, king’s man
Antonyms
Roundhead, parliamentarian
Curator example
a supporter of King Charles I in the English Civil War.
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