Definition of Gallant

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Gallant

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

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

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

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

One fond of paying attention to ladies.

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

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

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

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Gallant Quotations

For a gallant spirit there can never be defeat.
Wallis Simpson

I felt only as a man can feel who is roaming over the prairies of the far West, well armed, and mounted on a fleet and gallant steed.
Buffalo Bill

All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the beauty is grim.
Christopher Morley

Remember that whatever may be said by a lady or her friends, it is not part of conduct of a gallant or generous man to take up arms against a woman.
Sam Houston

I can assure you, that the gallant hearts that throb beneath its sacred folds, will only be content, when this glorious banner is planted first and foremost in the coming struggle for out independence.
John B. Hood

I knew that if the feat was accomplished it must be at a most fearful sacrifice of as brave and gallant soldiers as ever engaged in battle.
John B. Hood

Gallant Translations

gallant in Dutch is eerlijk, dapper, flink, braaf
gallant in Finnish is uljas
gallant in French is brave, vaillant, galant
gallant in German is galant
gallant in Italian is galante
gallant in Swedish is artig, tapper

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