Gallant
['gæl(ə)nt;gə'lænt] or ['ɡælənt]
Definition
(adj.) unflinching in battle or action; 'a gallant warrior'; 'put up a gallant resistance to the attackers' .
(adj.) having or displaying great dignity or nobility; 'a gallant pageant'; 'lofty ships'; 'majestic cities'; 'proud alpine peaks' .
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Definition
(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.
Typist: Lottie
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Gay, showy, fine, splendid, magnificent, well-dressed.[2]. Courageous, brave, valiant, intrepid, valorous, heroic, chivalrous, fearless, bold, game, daring, high-spirited.
n. [1]. Beau, spark.[2]. Suitor, wooer, lover.[3]. Paramour.
v. a. Wait on (ladies), be attentive to.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Brave, chivalrous, intrepid, courteous, heroic, fearless, courageous, valiant,bold, splendid, showy, gay
ANT:Cowardly, churlish, discourteous
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Definition
adj. brave: noble: (rare) gay splendid magnificent: courteous or attentive to ladies: amorous erotic (sometimes gal-ant′).—n. a gay dashing person: a man of fashion: suitor seducer.—adv. Gall′antly.—ns. Gall′antness; Gall′antry bravery: intrepidity: attention or devotion to ladies often in a bad sense amorous intrigue: (Shak.) gallants collectively.
Typist: Lottie
Examples
- He had several times been recommended for a brigadier-generalcy for gallant and meritorious conduct. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- But this good old Mr. Woodhouse, I wish you had heard his gallant speeches to me at dinner. Jane Austen. Emma.
- The bones of his gallant army have whitened the sands of Palestine. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I spurred my horse, who addressed his free limbs to speed, and tossed his gallant head in pride. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Then there are the Prooshians under the gallant Prince Marshal. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It was a gallant and decided triumph for Mrs. Bute. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Ignatius began his career as a very tough and gallant young Spaniard. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- As she sat down, her eyes once again encountered those of the gallant beadle; she coloured, and applied herself to the task of making his tea. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I always add my hollo, said the yeoman, when I see a good shot, or a gallant blow. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Whatever happened, he knew, she would always be loyal, gallant and unresentful; and that pledged him to the practice of the same virtues. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Oh, had you but lived a few years earlier, what a gallant gentleman-highwayman you would have made! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- So Rawdon sate down, and wrote off, Brighton, Thursday, and My dear Aunt, with great rapidity: but there the gallant officer's imagination failed him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- At the Children's Hospital, the gallant steed, the Noah's ark, yellow bird, and the officer in the Guards, were made as welcome as their child-owner. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I was not afraid of the shabby coat, and had no yearnings after gallant greys. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Many of those who had run ten miles got back in time to redeem their reputation as gallant soldiers before night. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- One of the old ladies--Miss Noble, the aunt--is a wonderfully quaint picture of self-forgetful goodness, and Ladislaw gallants her about sometimes. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Gallants of England, said Front-de-Boeuf, how relish ye your entertainment at Torquilstone? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Well, she's asleep now; and have you a hundred gallants, neither they nor you can insult her any more. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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