CHEVALIER, literally, a horseman. In feudal times the term was equivalent to knight (see KNIGHTHOOD AND CHIVALRY), and later it was also employed in France for the cadets of noble families, where it is still used for the lowest rank of certain orders, as Chevalier of the Legion of Hanover. The appellation of Cheva lier of St. George was given to James Stuart, son of James II., the Old Pretender, and that of The Young Chevalier to Prince Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender. The Seigneur de Bayard (q.v.) was known as the Chevalier sans peur et sans reproche.