(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.
Example Sentences:
(1) While bus passengers aren't particularly gallant, on the underground there hasn't been a single rush-hour journey when someone hasn't stood up to offer me a seat.
(2) A few months ago I visited a house in Rawalpindi with a giant poster over the windows, depicting a heroic warrior on a gallant white steed.
(3) She is by far the most popular …" Ms Harman was careful not to smile at this gallant jibe, but most of the shadow cabinet thought it very droll and smiled happily.
(4) He leads gallant, battling Stan Wawrinka 3-6, 7-6, 6-4.
(5) "Fucking hypocrite slut," quipped one gallant observer.
(6) Gallant has reminded us of the "tragedy of delayed treatment."
(7) O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming” – what does it mean?
(8) Reading had been enduring a similar slump, apart from their FA Cup run and gallant 2-1 defeat against Arsenal, after extra time, in their semi-final at Wembley.
(9) Korean defenders Kwang Chon and Nam Chol were magnificent, as was their gallant forward Jong.
(10) In doing so, she perfects the song, narrowing the sarcasm of "gallant South" to a fine point and cooling the temperature of the most overheated image: "the stench of burning flesh".
(11) Valcke gallantly told the supermodel he was French and kissed her three times.
(12) What on earth happened to the gallant tradition of “pozzing”: making positive remarks?
(13) The Independent’s latest proprietors, the Lebedevs , have done their best to keep the gallant paper afloat – well served by a tiny but committed and talented team of journalists – and have conceded defeat.
(14) Dave Hill gallantly interviews the Liberal Democrat runner, Caroline Pidgeon here , but she’s an also-ran.
(15) But Bolton gallantly hit back with two goals, one by Moir, with Farm at fault again, the second a brave header by Bell himself.
(16) The figure has been touted by Ukip on the slender basis that they have been wined and dined by the gallant spread-bet king, Stuart Wheeler, in his over-priced Mayfair flat (as indeed have I).
(17) Pigs heterozygous for the halothane-sensitivity gene exhibit a distinct phenotype with regard to both in vivo and in vitro muscle responses to halothane (E. M. Gallant, J. R. Mickelson, B. D. Roggow, S. K. Donaldson, C. F. Louis, and W. E. Rempel.
(18) They will not want the tag of gallant losers but the players in red and white gave everything, as they always do, before the agonies of a penalty shoot-out when Lucas Vázquez, Marcelo, Bale, Sergio Ramos and, finally, Ronaldo all scored for Real in the same corner.
(19) The gallant lad had never complained, merely tried to keep Michel and James Murdoch happy by feeding them upbeat messages about their BSkyB bid.
(20) The lyrics are very traditional national-anthem stuff about a “land of hope” and “full gallant legions”, and the pay-off at the end is “the fatherland of true brotherhood”, which is half right-wing and half left-wing, which is probably what any good national anthem should aspire to.
Squire
Definition:
(n.) A square; a measure; a rule.
(n.) A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.
(n.) A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See Esquire.
(n.) A male attendant on a great personage; also (Colloq.), a devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau.
(n.) A title of office and courtesy. See under Esquire.
(v. t.) To attend as a squire.
(v. t.) To attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection; as, to squire a lady.
Example Sentences:
(1) Brown went on to create six albums, bassist Mani joined Primal Scream, while Squire, who created the artwork for the band's first album, formed the short-lived Seahorses before deciding to concentrate on art.
(2) Dr Sanjay Sharma, professor of cardiology at St George's hospital and the medical director of the London marathon, was on the scene when Squires collapsed.
(3) But while Hirst is an unlikely country squire, he is not alone in making such an improbable journey.
(4) • Work with advertisers to co-develop new advertising forms that Squires expects will be more immersive with the power of digital delivery.
(5) Squires is leaving Time Inc to serve as interim director while the CEO search is conducted.
(6) The one word, "Willie", came to conjure up a decent, slightly slow, endlessly courteous country squire, who liked his food and drink and got on with everyone he dealt with - no mean feat for someone educated at that supremely elitist institution, Winchester.
(7) William McKenna, a professor at the University College London hospitals trust, who reviewed Squires' medical records, said he thought the irregular heartbeat was "a red herring" and that the substance found in the blood was "an important factor in the outcome".
(8) The National Farmers Union is taking legal advice to try to get compensation for the region's farmers but regional director Melanie Squires said they were having a "torrid time" making any headway with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
(9) Squires was the 11th participant to die since the event began 31 years ago.
(10) With the Squire-Brown friendship rekindled and Reni back on drums and backing vocals, they have a point to prove: that a Third Coming can be done with dignity, and that the once-mighty Stone Roses can be The Best Band On The Planet once again.
(11) The meaty melodies are provided by John Squire, pinning down the guitar surging from caustic feedback to ecstatic wah-wah chugging – all in the space of a song.
(12) After the inquest Van Herrewege said the finding had left Squires' family and himself "numb".
(13) Two years ago, Brown said Squire tried to end the feud by writing him a song - but he refused to record it.
(14) In a statement read out to the inquest, Squires's father, Paul, said his daughter had experienced two convulsions when she was three and five.
(15) Renowned for his wit, he could speak four languages fluently and, during the late 40s and early 50s, squired a succession of jet-setting beauties, including socialite Pamela Digby Churchill Harriman, Rita Hayworth and Anita Ekberg.
(16) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Squire Cabell’s tomb in Buckfastleigh Leaving Buckfastleigh, we drive up on to Dartmoor in a biting wind.
(17) Professor William McKenna, of the University College London hospitals trust, who reviewed Squires' medical records, said he had found "significant levels" of the amphetamine-like substance in her blood.
(18) In the general case of unequal initial links, the model derived from melioration differs from the revised model advanced by Squires and Fantino (1971) only in the factors affecting the delay-reduction terms (T - t2L) and (T - t2R).
(19) David Squires on … football's proposed trials of video replays Read more QPR have accepted Liverpool’s offer of a loan deal until the end of the season and Caulker returned to Loftus Road on Tuesday to officially cancel his terms with Southampton.
(20) Jack3d was banned in August last year, four months after Squires' death, after concerns over a stimulant called DMAA (dimethylamylamine) found in the powder.