Gallant
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɡælənt/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Gallant is an adjective meaning Brave, valiant, courteous, especially with regard to male attitudes towards women.
Meaning
Brave, valiant, courteous, especially with regard to male attitudes towards women.
More Meanings
- Honorable.
- Grand, noble.
- Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous.
- One who woos, a lover, a suitor, a seducer.
- (nautical) A topgallant.
- (obsolete) Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed.
- (dated) A fashionable young man who is polite and attentive to women.
Example Sentences
our royal, good and gallant ship
This town is built in a very gallant place.
That gallant spirit hath aspired the clouds.
PROSPERO: […] this gallant which thou see'st / Was in the wrack; and but he's something stain'd / with grief,—that beauty's canker,—thou mightst call him / A goodly person […]
Word Forms
- gallaunt
- gallants
- gallanting
- gallanted
Synonyms for gallant
Depending on context, synonyms include blade, blood, masher, barbermonger, buck, cockscomb.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include proud, courageous, brave, majestic, spirited, dashing.
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