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Definition of Gallant

1. Noun. A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance.

2. Adjective. Unflinching in battle or action. "Put up a gallant resistance to the attackers"

3. Noun. A man who attends or escorts a woman.

4. Adjective. Lively and spirited. "A dashing hero"

5. Adjective. Having or displaying great dignity or nobility. "Proud alpine peaks"

6. Adjective. Being attentive to women like an ideal knight.

Definition of Gallant

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

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

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

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

Definition of Gallant

1. to court a woman [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Gallant

1. 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. In the first sense it is by some orthoepists (as in Shakespeare) accented on the first syllable. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gallant

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gallabias gallamine gallamines gallamine triethiodide gallant (current term) gallant (current term) gallanted gallanter gallanting gallantly

gallantries gallantry gallantry gallants Gallant Fox gallate gallate gallates gallature Gallaudet

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