klavalier en · NOUN
Etymology
Blend of Klan + cavalier.
Meanings
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A member of the Ku Klux Klan's "secret police" or flogging squads.
In Indiana County, seventeen of twenty-four klavalier applicants were from the mining industry[…]
1997, Philip Jenkins, Hoods and shirts: the extreme right in Pennsylvania, 1925-1950, page 73:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| klavaliers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |