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Definition gallant

Etymology 1

From Middle English galant, galaunt, from Old French galant (“courteous; dashing; brave”), present participle of galer (“to rejoice; make merry”), from gale (“pomp; show; festivity; mirth”); either from Frankish *wala- (“good, well”), from Proto-Germanic *wal-, from Proto-Indo-European *welh?- (“to choose, wish”); or alternatively from Frankish *gail (“merry; mirthful; proud; luxuriant”), from Proto-Germanic *gailaz (“merry; excited; luxurious”), related to Dutch geil (“horny; lascivious; salacious; lecherous”), German geil (“randy; horny; lecherous; wicked”), Old English g?l (“wanton; wicked; bad”).

Adjective

gallant (comparative more gallant, superlative most gallant)

1. Brave, valiant.
2. Honorable.
3. Grand, noble.
4. (obsolete) Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed.

Etymology 2

From French

Adjective

gallant (comparative more gallant, superlative most gallant)

1. Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous.

Noun

gallant (plural gallants)

1. (dated) A fashionable young man who is polite and attentive to women.
2. One who woos, a lover, a suitor, a seducer.
3. (nautical) topgallant

Verb

gallant (third-person singular simple present gallants, present participle gallanting, simple past and past participle gallanted)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To attend or wait on (a lady).
2. (obsolete, transitive) To handle with grace or in a modish manner.

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