GALLANT

a. n. v.

8 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed. The town is built in a very gallant place. Evelyn. Our royal, good and gallant ship. Shak.

2.
a.

Noble in bearing or spirit; brave; high-spirited; courageous; heroic; magnanimous; as, a gallant youth; a gallant officer. That gallant spirit hath aspired the clouds. Shak. The gay, the wise, the gallant, and the grave. Waller.

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. Shak.

5.
n.

One fond of paying attention to ladies.

6.
n.

One who wooes; a lover; a suitor; in a bad sense, a seducer. Addison.

7.
v.

To attend or wait on, as a lady; as, to gallant ladies to the play.

8.
v.

To handle with grace or in a modish manner; as, to gallant a fan. [Obs.] Addison.

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