1
: showy in dress or bearing : smart
2
3
: courteously and elaborately attentive especially to ladies
gallantly
adverb
1
: a young man of fashion
2
gallanted; gallanting; gallants
1
: to pay court to (a lady) : attend
used to gallant her in his youth—
Washington Irving
Washington Irving2
obsolete
: to manipulate (a fan) in a modish manner
: to pay court to ladies
Synonyms
Examples of gallant in a Sentence
Adjective
The defenders of the fort made a gallant stand.
They failed to reach the summit, but they made a gallant attempt.
He greeted her with a gallant bow.
He offered her his seat in a gallant gesture.
Noun
he was quite a gallant, primping more than either of his sisters
she had a whole host of gallants vying for her hand in marriage
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Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2024
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—Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024
Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
The only person Lorelei knows must be innocent is her longtime academic rival, the insufferably gallant and maddeningly beautiful Sylvia von Wolff.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 20 Sep. 2024
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Adjective
Albert Suárez stepped in to pitch a gallant five innings but understandably could not go more on short notice.
—Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2024
Follow the generally gallant writer of this newsletter on Threads @jimreineking 🧵.
—Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024
Noun
Australia's best teams since that golden age - 2017 and 2023 - were gallant and stole victories but ultimately fell short.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
The only person Lorelei knows must be innocent is her longtime academic rival, the insufferably gallant and maddeningly beautiful Sylvia von Wolff.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 20 Sep. 2024
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“Gallant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gallant. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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1
: a fashionable young man
2
a
: a man who likes the company of women and is attentive to them
b
1
: showy in dress or bearing
2
a
: splendid sense 2, stately
a gallant ship
c
: chivalrous sense 2a, noble
a gallant knight
3
: polite and attentive to women
gallantly
adverb
Biographical Definition
Gallant
biographical name
Gal·lant
ga-ˈlant 
Mavis 1922–2014 originally Mavis de Trafford Young Canadian-French writer
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