Gallant

Definition:

  • (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.
  • (a.) Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous.
  • (n.) A man of mettle or spirit; a gay; fashionable man; a young blood.
  • (n.) One fond of paying attention to ladies.
  • (n.) One who wooes; a lover; a suitor; in a bad sense, a seducer.
  • (v. t.) To attend or wait on, as a lady; as, to gallant ladies to the play.
  • (v. t.) To handle with grace or in a modish manner; as, to gallant a fan.

Compare gallant with other words:

gallant vs. swain

gallant vs. magnanimous

gallant vs. gutsy

gallant vs. gallantness

gallant vs. inamorato

chivalrous vs. gallant

courageous vs. gallant

gallant vs. similar

gallant vs. gracious

gallant vs. key

gallant vs. leman

gallant vs. pimpernel

elegant vs. gallant

familiar vs. gallant

chivalric vs. gallant

gallant vs. knightly

gallant vs. modish

gallant vs. grace

gallant vs. topgallant

gallant vs. salmon

badger vs. gallant

gallant vs. horse

animal vs. gallant

gallant vs. seducer

gallant vs. suitor

gallant vs. lover

gallant vs. woo

gallant vs. gallantry

gallant vs. gallantly

gallant vs. valiant

gallant vs. noble

gallant vs. squire

brave vs. gallant

gallant vs. proud

cavalier vs. gallant

gallant vs. prow

gallant vs. spark

daring vs. gallant