chevalier d'industrie
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
chevalier d'industrie (plural chevaliers d'industrie)
- (dated) Synonym of knight of industry (“footpad, thief or sharper”)
References edit
- “chevalier”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chevalier d’industrie m (plural chevaliers d’industrie)
- (archaic, literary, derogatory) knight of industry, sharper, crook (professional thief who makes his living by cheating)
Usage notes edit
- Not to be confused with capitaine d’industrie.