chivalrous
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Even Miguel de Cervantes’s aging Don Quixote is driven into a phantasmagoric abyss by the reading of chivalrous romance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
That's one of the things that struck me about it, this very old-timey chivalrous idea.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2024
Now, scientists have observed a pair of chivalrous birds joining the conversation.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 25, 2024
He’s sweet, he’s chivalrous, his tongue has fallen off so he can’t speak: dreamboat alert!
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2024
Where “chivalry” entered into this, he thought ruefully, he was not entirely sure, unless it counted as chivalrous that he was not calling for Hermione to do it in his stead.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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The Call of the Wild
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Vocabulary Video Contest (2013) - List 1
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