English
klavalier
Blend of Klan + cavalier.
Latin caballus ‘horse’
Late Latin caballārius
Old Occitan cavalier
Old Italian cavaliere ‘mounted soldier, knight’
Middle French cavalier ‘horseman’
English cavalier
Today it means
noun A member of the Ku Klux Klan's "secret police" or flogging squads.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / klavalier