Hyphenation of cavalier

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word cavalier? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

cav-a-lier

Definitions of cavalier:

1.	A gallant or courtly gentleman
2.	A royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War
3.	Given to haughty disregard of others

Synonyms of cavalier:

adj	high-handed, domineering
noun	chevalier, male aristocrat
noun	Cavalier, monarchist, royalist

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.