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# chivalrous

adjective

«chivalrous» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Chivalrous means brave, polite and kind, especially to women and the weak, as knights were meant to be. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chivalrous/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales, a hero who behaves nobly and fairly, even to an enemy.

### Examples

- The chivalrous prince saved the maiden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chivalrous/#x1)
- It was chivalrous of him to let her go first. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chivalrous/#x2)
- He gave up his seat to the old lady, a chivalrous act. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chivalrous/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «chivalrous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chivalrous/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«chivalrous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chivalrous.html) on Mova free.