gallant

[gal·lant]

If you volunteer to remove a huge, hairy spider from your bathroom ceiling, your whole family will be grateful for your gallant actions. The adjective gallant means "heroic or brave."

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Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed.

Noun
a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance

Noun
a man who attends or escorts a woman

Adjective S.
unflinching in battle or action; "a gallant warrior"; "put up a gallant resistance to the attackers"

Adjective S.
having the qualities of gallantry attributed to an ideal knight

Adjective S.
having or displaying great dignity or nobility; "a gallant pageant"; "lofty ships"; "majestic cities"; "proud alpine peaks"

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Adjective S.
lively and spirited; "a dashing hero"

a.
Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed.

a.
Noble in bearing or spirit; brave; high-spirited; courageous; heroic; magnanimous; as, a gallant youth; a gallant officer.

a.
Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous.

n.
A man of mettle or spirit; a gay; fashionable man; a young blood.

n.
One fond of paying attention to ladies.

n.
One who wooes; a lover; a suitor; in a bad sense, a seducer.

v. t.
To attend or wait on, as a lady; as, to gallant ladies to the play.

v. t.
To handle with grace or in a modish manner; as, to gallant a fan.

Gallant

Gal"lant , a. [F. gallant, prop. p. pr. of OF. galer to rejoice, akin to OF. gale amusement, It. gala ornament; of German origin; cf. OHG. geil merry, luxuriant, wanton, G. geil lascivious, akin to AS. gl wanton, wicked, OS. gl merry, Goth. gailjan to make to rejoice, or perh. akin to E. weal. See Gala, Galloon.] 1. Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed.
The town is built in a very gallant place.
Our royal, good and gallant ship.
2. Noble in bearing or spirit; brave; high-spirited; courageous; heroic; magnanimous; as, a gallant youth; a gallant officer.
That gallant spirit hath aspired the clouds.
The gay, the wise, the gallant, and the grave.
Syn. -- Gallant, Courageous, Brave. Courageous is generic, denoting an inward spirit which rises above fear; brave is more outward, marking a spirit which braves or defies danger; gallant rises still higher, denoting bravery on extraordinary occasions in a spirit of adventure. A courageous man is ready for battle; a brave man courts it; a gallant man dashes into the midst of the conflict.

Gallant

Gal*lant" (?; 277), a. Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous.

Gallant

Gal*lant" (?; 277), n. 1. A man of mettle or spirit; a gay; fashionable man; a young blood. Shak. 2. One fond of paying attention to ladies. 3. One who wooes; a lover; a suitor; in a bad sense, a seducer. Addison. &hand; In the first sense it is by some ortho'89pists (as in Shakespeare) accented on the first syllable.

Gallant

Gal*lant" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gallanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Gallanting.] 1. To attend or wait on, as a lady; as, to gallant ladies to the play. 2. To handle with grace or in a modish manner; as, to gallant a fan. [Obs.] Addison.

Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed.

Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous.

A man of mettle or spirit; a gay; fashionable man; a young blood.

To attend or wait on, as a lady; as, to gallant ladies to the play.

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For a gallant spirit there can never be defeat.

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