Cavaliers

(noun)

A name first used by Roundheads as a term of abuse for the wealthier male Royalist supporters of King Charles I and his son Charles II of England during the English Civil War, the Interregnum, and the Restoration (1642 – c. 1679). It was later adopted by the Royalists themselves.

Related Terms

Examples of Cavaliers in the following topics:

  • Opisthokonts: Animals and Fungi

    • The close relationship between animals and fungi was suggested by Cavalier-Smith in 1987, who used the informal name opisthokonta (the formal name has been used for the chytrids).
    • Cavalier-Smith and Stechmann argue that the uniciliate eukaryotes such as opisthokonts and Amoebozoa, collectively called unikonts, split off from the other biciliate eukaryotes, called bikonts, shortly after they evolved.

  • Verrucomicrobia

    • Cavalier-Smith has postulated that the Verrucomicrobia belong in the clade Planctobacteria in the larger clade Gracilicutes. 16S rRNA data corroborate that view.

  • Shared Features of Bacteria and Archaea

    • The evolution of Archaea in response to antibiotic selection, or any other competitive selective pressure, could also explain their adaptation to extreme environments (such as high temperature or acidity) as the result of a search for unoccupied niches to escape from antibiotic-producing organisms; Cavalier-Smith has made a similar suggestion.

  • Planctomycetes

    • Cavalier-Smith has postulated that the Planctomycetes are within the clade Planctobacteria in the larger clade Gracilicutes.

  • Chlamydiae

    • Cavalier-Smith has postulated that the Chlamydiae fall into the clade Planctobacteria in the larger clade Gracilicutes.

  • Restoration of the Stuarts

    • The Cavalier Parliament convened for the first time in May 1661 and it would endure for over 17 years.

  • Deinococcus and Thermus

    • Cavalier-Smith calls this clade Hadobacteria (from Hades, the Greek underworld).

  • Classification and Nomenclature

    • The higher taxa proposed by Cavalier-Smith are generally disregarded by the molecular phylogeny community (vide supra).

  • Cromwell and the Roundheads

    • What followed, is know as the English Civil War (1642–1651), which developed into a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians ("Roundheads") and Royalists ("Cavaliers").

  • The First Stuarts and Catholicism

    • It was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians ("Roundheads") and Royalists ("Cavaliers") over, principally, the manner of its government.