Gallant

Gal`lant´ Pronunciation: găl´lant

a.	1.
	1.	Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed. The town is built in a very gallant place. - Evelyn. Our royal, good and gallant ship. - Shak.
	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. - Shak. The gay, the wise, the gallant, and the grave. - Waller.
	1.	Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous.
n.	1.	A man of mettle or spirit; a gay, fashionable man; a young blood.
	2.	One fond of paying attention to ladies.
	3.	One who wooes; a lover; a suitor; in a bad sense, a seducer.
v. t.	1.	To attend or wait on, as a lady; as, to gallant ladies to the play. [imp. & p. p. Gallanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Gallanting.]
	2.	To handle with grace or in a modish manner; as, to gallant a fan.

Noun	1.	gallant - a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance Synonyms: dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, sheik, beau, clotheshorse, swell
	2.	gallant - a man who attends or escorts a woman Synonyms: squire
Adj.	1.	gallant - unflinching in battle or action; "a gallant warrior"; "put up a gallant resistance to the attackers"
	2.	gallant - lively and spirited; "a dashing hero" Synonyms: dashing
	3.	gallant - having or displaying great dignity or nobility; "a gallant pageant"; "lofty ships"; "majestic cities"; "proud alpine peaks" Synonyms: majestic, proud, lofty
	4.	gallant - having the qualities of gallantry attributed to an ideal knight Synonyms: chivalrous, knightly

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