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gallant

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Adjective

  1. Brave, valiant, courteous, especially with regard to male attitudes towards women.
  2. Honorable.
  3. Grand, noble.
  4. Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed.
  5. Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous.

Noun

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

Verb

  1. To attend or wait on (a lady).
  2. To handle with grace or in a modish manner.
  3. To conduct, escort, convey.
  4. To behave in a gallant fashion; to act the gallant.

Proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. A census-designated place in Etowah County and St. Clair County, Alabama, United States, named after a pioneer settler.

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