gallant. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

gallant

SYLLABICATION:	gal·lant
PRONUNCIATION:	glnt
ADJECTIVE:	1. Smartly or boldly stylish; dashing: a gallant feathered hat; cut a gallant figure at the coronation. 2a. Unflinching in battle or action; valiant: put up a gallant resistance to the attackers. b. Nobly or selflessly resolute: made a gallant attempt to save his friend's reputation. 3. Stately; majestic. 4. (g-lnt, -länt)a. Courteously attentive especially to women; chivalrous. b. Flirtatious; amorous.
NOUN:	(g-lnt, -länt, glnt)1. A fashionable young man. 2a. A man courteously attentive to women. b. A woman's lover; a paramour.
VERB:	Inflected forms: gal·lant·ed, gal·lant·ing, gal·lants (g-lnt, -länt)
TRANSITIVE VERB:	To woo or pay court to (a lady).
INTRANSITIVE VERB:	To play the gallant.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English galaunt, from Old French galant, present participle of galer, to rejoice, of Germanic origin. See wel-¹ in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:	gallant·ly —ADVERB


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