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Gallant Meaning in French |
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French
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galant
, courageux
, brave
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Gallant
- (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.
- (n.) One fond of paying attention to ladies.
- (n.) One who wooes; a lover; a suitor; in a bad sense, a seducer.
- (n.) A man of mettle or spirit; a gay; fashionable man; a young blood.
- (v. t.) To handle with grace or in a modish manner; as, to gallant a fan.
- (a.) Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous.
- (v. t.) To attend or wait on, as a lady; as, to gallant ladies to the play.
Synonyms:
Beau, Chivalrous, Clotheshorse, Dandy, Dashing, Dude, Fop, Knightly, Lofty, Majestic, Proud, Sheik, Squire, Swell,
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• Gallanted
- (imp. & p. p.) of Gallant
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• Gallantry
- (n.) Civility or polite attention to ladies; in a bad sense, attention or courtesy designed to win criminal favors from a female; freedom of principle or practice with respect to female virtue; intrigue.
- (n.) Splendor of appearance; ostentatious finery.
- (n.) Gallant persons, collectively.
- (n.) Bravery; intrepidity; as, the troops behaved with great gallantry.
Synonyms:
Chivalry, Heroism, Politesse, Valiance, Valiancy, Valor,
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