GALLANT

gallant

Noun

  1. Fashionable young man, who is polite and attentive to women.
  2. One who woos, a lover, a suitor, a seducer.
  3. An animal or thing of grey colour, such as a horse, badger, or salmon.
  4. topgallant

Verb

  1. To attend or wait on (a lady).
    to gallant ladies to the play
  2. To handle with grace or in a modish manner.
    to gallant a fan

Adjective

  1. Brave, valiant.
  2. Honorable.
  3. Grand, noble.
  4. Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed.

Adjective (etymology 2)

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


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