Chevalier
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'''Chevalier''' is a [[French language|French]] word meaning, literally, "horseman", but used as a [[title of honor|title]] that is the equivalent of the English "[[knight]]".
==="Chevalier" can be:===
*The [[honorific]] used to address a person holding the rank of chevalier
*A rank in the [[Légion d'honneur]].
*A Dining/Drinking society at [[University College, Oxford]]
*Highest honor possible given to an active member of the [[Order of DeMolay]].
*[[Chevalier College]], an MSC school in [[Bowral]], [[Australia]].
*A member of the [[Ordre National du Mérite]] (in English: '''The National Order of Merit'''), an [[Order (decoration)|Order of Chivalry]] awarded by the [[President of the French Republic]].
*A member of the Order of [[Palmes académiques]] ,an [[Order (decoration)|Order of Chivalry]].
*Male non-professional member of the [[Confrérie de la Chaîne des Rôtisseurs|Chaine des Rotisseurs]].
*[[Chevalier-Montrachet]], [[grand cru]] vineyard in the [[Côte de Beaune]]
*The French word for a [[signet ring]], traditionally worn by the [[French nobility]]
===People named "Chevalier"===
* [[Albert Chevalier]] (1861–1923), an English comedian and actor
* [[Chevalier de Saint-Georges]] (1745-1799), An Afro-French classical composer, one of the first known composers of African descent in the Western European classical tradition
* [[Dennis H Chevalier, PhD]] (1961-), a Criminal Profiler
* [[Franck Chevalier]] (born 1973), a French violist
* [[Godfrey Chevalier]], (1889–1922), an American naval aviator
* [[Grahame Chevalier]] (born 1937), a South African cricketer
* [[Haakon Chevalier]] (1901-1985), an author
* [[Howard L Chevalier]] (1932-2006), a Texas A&M Engineer/author
* [[Jules Chevalier]] (1824-1907), a French Roman Catholic priest
* [[Marcel Chevalier]] (born 1921), a French executioner
* [[Maurice Chevalier]] (1888-1972), a Belgian-French actor, singer, and popular entertainer
* [[Michael Chevalier]] (1933-), a German synchronis speaker and actor
* [[Mike Chevalier]] (1943-2006), an American cinematographer
* [[Morgan Chevalier]], a fictional character
* [[Nicholas Chevalier]] (1828-1902), Australian artist
* [[Pierre Chevalier]] (1905 – 2001), a French caver and mountaineer
* [[Sivaji Ganesan|Sivaji Ganesan Chevalier]] (1927 - 2001), an Indian actor and politician
* [[Tracy Chevalier]] (born 1962), a historical novelist
* [[Ulysse Chevalier]] (1841–1923), a French bibliographer and historian
==="Chevalier" in Arts and Literature===
*[[Hotel Chevalier]], the short film that precedes [[The Darjeeling Limited]]
*[[Le Chevalier D'Eon]], a 2006 anime.
*Title given to the [[Chiroptera (anime)|chiropteran]] characters who accompany and protect the ''Queens'' in the anime TV series ''[[Blood+]]''.
*Title given to the male [[Gallivespian]] characters who accompany the ''Ladys'' in the ''[[His Dark Materials]]'' book trilogy by [[Philip Pullman]].
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