Plural of cavalero; multiple archaic or variant forms of cavaliers or mounted gentlemen.
Plural form of 'cavalero,' using the Spanish/Romance plural suffix '-s.' This reflects the borrowing of Spanish vocabulary during colonial and Renaissance periods when Spanish influence on English was significant, particularly in military and courtly terminology.
The existence of 'cavaleros' as a plural shows how English speakers borrowed Spanish vocabulary wholesale during certain historical periods—instead of anglicizing to 'cavaleros,' they might have used 'cavaliers,' showing how multiple borrowed forms can coexist in a language during transition periods.
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