Answer: cavaliers

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CAVALIERSUniversity of Virginia athletes
CAVALIERSKnights.
cavaliersA supporter of King Charles I in the English Civil War
cavaliersA small spaniel of a breed with a moderately long, noncurly, silky coat
cavaliersA courtly gentleman, esp. one acting as a lady's escort
cavaliersA horseman, esp. a cavalryman