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Gallant   /gˈælənt/   Listen
Gallant

adjective
1.
Unflinching in battle or action.  "Put up a gallant resistance to the attackers"
2.
Lively and spirited.  Synonym: dashing.
3.
Having or displaying great dignity or nobility.  Synonyms: lofty, majestic, proud.  "Lofty ships" , "Majestic cities" , "Proud alpine peaks"
4.
Being attentive to women like an ideal knight.  Synonyms: chivalrous, knightly.
noun
1.
A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance.  Synonyms: beau, clotheshorse, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, sheik, swell.
2.
A man who attends or escorts a woman.  Synonym: squire.



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"Gallant" Quotes from Famous Books



... not discourteous in manner, but was so far from gallant that Kate felt a new and inconsistent resentment. Before she could say anything he added, "And I hope you will remember, whatever may happen, that I did my best to avoid staying here longer than was necessary to keep my friend from bleeding to ...
— Snow-Bound at Eagle's • Bret Harte
... mine, here ends one fytte Of this my tale, a gallant strain; And if ye will hear more of it, I'll soon ...
— Playful Poems • Henry Morley
... depressing as telling stories or making speeches at two o'clock in the afternoon. General Porter remarked that he could never tell a story till after eleven o'clock at night. He managed, however, to tell several of his best on this occasion. As the gallant General will tell them again, and I trust many times, I shall not publish them here. Mine are not worth repeating. As I said, I felt at the moment something like a well-known literary celebrity distinguished ...
— The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol 2 (of 2) • Harry Furniss
... you got him? Who is he? And are you willing to spare him? Few young ladies are. But you are different from most." The Superintendent was ever a gallant. ...
— The Doctor - A Tale Of The Rockies • Ralph Connor
... handling and gallant firing of the Gloucester excited the admiration of every one who witnessed it, and merits the commendation of the Navy Department. She is a fast and entirely unprotected auxiliary vessel,—the yacht Corsair,—and has a good ...
— The Boys of '98 • James Otis


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