cavalero
English edit
Etymology edit
Early form of cavalier, possibly from Portuguese cavaleiro (“knight”).
Noun edit
cavalero (plural cavaleros)
- (obsolete) A cavalier.
- c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii], line 62:
- I’ll drink to Master Bardolph, and to all
the cavaleros about London.