Thesaurus: gallant

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1. a. Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed.
2. a. Noble in bearing or spirit; brave; high-spirited; courageous; heroic; magnanimous; as, a gallant youth; a gallant officer.
3. a. Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous.
4. n. A man of mettle or spirit; a gay; fashionable man; a young blood.
5. n. One fond of paying attention to ladies.
6. n. One who wooes; a lover; a suitor; in a bad sense, a seducer.
7. v. t. To attend or wait on, as a lady; as, to gallant ladies to the play.
8. v. t. To handle with grace or in a modish manner; as, to gallant a fan.
9. adj. unflinching in battle or action
10. adj. lively and spirited
11. adj. having or displaying great dignity or nobility
12. adj. being attentive to women like an ideal knight