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Definition of "unchivalric" []

  • Unchivalrous.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "unchivalric" in a sentence
  • "Above all, such a being would be repelled by the entrepreneurs of the new design: the pushing, acquisitive, unchivalric representatives of mass man who, filling the vacuum left by the default of the old order, began to take over both political and economic power - the "rednecks" symbolized by William Faulkner as the Snopes family."
  • "From jests to jibes, from taunts to blows, was then, as ever, an easy path; and in reply to some unchivalric remark concerning his lady-love, Douglas struck the slanderer with all his might."
  • "Buckner complained that the terms were ungenerous and unchivalric, but that necessity compelled him to accept them; and Grant telegraphed Halleck on February 16: “We have taken Fort Donelson, and from twelve to fifteen thousand prisoners.”"