Gallant - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈɡælənt|  American pronunciation of the word gallant
Brit.  |ˈɡælənt|  British pronunciation of the word gallant

noun

- a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance (syn: beau, clotheshorse, dandy, dude, fop, sheik, swell)
- a man who attends or escorts a woman (syn: squire)

adjective

- unflinching in battle or action
a gallant warrior
put up a gallant resistance to the attackers
- lively and spirited (syn: dashing)
- having or displaying great dignity or nobility (syn: lofty, majestic, proud)
a gallant pageant
- being attentive to women like an ideal knight (syn: chivalrous, knightly)

Extra examples

...he was quite a gallant, primping more than either of his sisters...

...she had a whole host of gallants vying for her hand in marriage...

The defenders of the fort made a gallant stand.

They failed to reach the summit, but they made a gallant attempt.

He greeted her with a gallant bow.

He offered her his seat in a gallant gesture.

It was gallant of him to say that.

He used to gallant her in his youth.

...ever the gallant, he bought an enormous bouquet of flowers for his ladylove...

...a romanticized portrait of a bygone era of beauteous Southern belles and their gallant swains...

...my favorite stories are about gallant knights and fair maidens in the days of yore...

Word forms

noun
singular: gallant
plural: gallants
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