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Definition of Galliard
1. a. Gay; brisk; active.
2. n. A brisk, gay man.
3. n. A gay, lively dance. Cf. Gailliarde.
Definition of Galliard
1. Noun. A lively dance, popular in 16th and 17th century Europe ¹
2. Noun. (music) The triple-time music for this dance ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Galliard
1. a lively dance [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Galliard
Literary usage of Galliard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases in Criminal Law Argued and Determined in All the Courts in by Edward William Cox (1865)
"galliard Rev. Thomas Brooke, a magistrate of the county of Chester, LAXTON.
against Charles galliard, of Monks Coppenhall, in the county of Chester. 1862. ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law by Great Britain Bail Court (1869)
"Louisa galliard, and Margaret galliard, may be apprehended for their said offence,
and dealt with according to law. " Sworn, &c. ..."
3. Old English Popular Music by William Chappell, Harry Ellis Wooldridge (1893)
"[*J WIGMORE'S galliard. William Ballet's Lute Book, Trin. Coll., Dublin. ...
galliard about his chamber ! " Among many ballads to the tune are " A most ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Queen's Bench, and by William Mawdesley Best, George James Philip Smith (1863)
"... who saith that he hath just cause to believe and suspect, and doth believe
arid suspect, that Charles galliard (the appellant), John galliard ..."
5. An Elizabethan Virginal Book: Being a Critical Essay on the Contents of a by Edward Woodall Naylor (1905)
"Here we may consider a particularly charming and beautiful galliard by Giles
Farnaby (ii. 419), which happens to be copied into ..."
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