This praise, O Cheronean sage, is thine. Beattie, _Minstrel_ (1773). CHER'RY, the lively daughter of Boniface, landlord of the inn at Lichfield.--Geo. Farquhar, _The Beaux' Stratagem_ (1705). (See CHERY.) _Cherry (Andrew)_, comic actor and dramatist (1762-1812), author of _The Soldier's Daughter. All for Fame, Two Strings to Your Bow. The Village, Spanish Dollars_, etc. He was specially noted for his excellent wigs. Shall sapient managers new scenes produce From Cherry, Skeffington, and _Mother Goose?_ Byron, _English Bards and Scotch Reviewers_ (1809). [Illustration] _Mother Goose_ is a pantomime by C. Dibdin. CHER'UBIM (_Don_), the "bachelor of Salamanca," who is placed in a vast number of different situations of life, and made to associate with all classes of society, that the author may sprinkle his satire and wit in every direction.--Lesage, _The Bachelor of Salamanca_ (1737). CHER'Y, the son of Brunetta (who was the wife of a king's brother), married his cousin Fairstar, daughter of the king. He obtained for his cousin the three wonderful things: _The dancing water_, which had the power of imparting beauty; _the singing apple_, which had the power of imparting wit; and _the little green bird_, which had the power of telling secrets.--Comtesse D'Aunoy, _Fairy Tales_ ("The Princess Fairstar," 1682). CHES'TER (_Sir John_), a plausible, foppish villain, the sworn enemy of Geoffrey Haredale, by whom he is killed in a duel. Sir John is the father of Hugh, the gigantic servant at the Maypole inn. _Edward Chester_, son of sir John, and the lover of Emma Haredale.--C. Dickens, _Barnaby Rudge_ (1841). CHESTERFIELD (_Charles_), a young man of genius, the hero and title of a novel by Mrs. Trollope (1841). The object of this novel is to satirize the state of literature in England, and to hold up to censure authors, editors, and publishers as profligate, selfish, and corrupt. CHESTERTON (_Paul_), nephew to Mr. Percy Chaffington, stock-broker and M.P.--T.M. Morton, _If I had a Thousand a Year_ (1764-1838). CHEVALIER D'INDUSTRIE, a man who lives by his wits and calls himself a "gentleman." Denicheur de fauvettes, chevalier de l'ordre de l'industrie, qui va chercher quelque bon nid, quelque femme qui lui fasse sa fortune.--_Gongam_ ou _L'Homme Prodigieux_ (1713). CHEVALIER MALFET (_Le_), so sir Launcelot calls himself after he was cured of his madness. The meaning of the phrase is "The knight who has done ill," or "The knight who has trespassed."--Sir T. Malory, _History of Prince Arthur_, iii. 20 (1470). CHEVERIL (_Hans_), the ward of Mordent, just come of age. Impulsive, generous, hot-blooded. He resolves to be a rake, but scorns to be a villain. However, he accidentally meets with Joanna "the deserted daughter," and falls in love with her. He rescues her from the clutches of Mrs. Enfield the crimp, and marries her.--Holcroft, _The Deserted Daughter_ (altered into _The Steward_).