"Cavalier derives from the same Latin root as the French word chevalier (as well as the Spanish word caballero), the Vulgar Latin word caballarius, meaning "horseman". Shakespeare used the word cavaleros to describe an overbearing swashbuckler or swaggering gallant in Henry IV, in which Shallow says "I'll drink to Master Bardolph, and to all the cavaleros about London." '... this from Wikepedia, that endless fount of knowledge. And though Cavalier took on political connotations in English history, it is the original meaning that I like here- the rider of horses, and so of course our lady wears a traditional riding habit, because she is a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. Her formal name is Elm Tree's Margeaux Vixen- her family calls her Maggie- and here she poses under the overcast English skies of her origin.
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