Cavaliers

Cavaliers was a nickname for the people who fought for King Charles I of England during the English Civil War. They fought against the Roundheads and Parliament. At first the name applied only to the royalist cavalry; the words are similar because they were originally the same word.

Etymology

The word Cavalier comes from the Latin word which means 'horseman'.

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