gallant

(gălˈənt)

1. Smartly or boldly stylish; dashing: a gallant feathered hat; cut a gallant figure at the coronation.
2. a. Unflinching in battle or action; valiant: put up a gallant resistance to the attackers.
   b. Nobly or selflessly resolute: made a gallant attempt to save his friend's reputation.
3. Stately; majestic.
4. (gə-lăntˈ, -läntˈ)
   a. Courteously attentive especially to women; chivalrous.
   b. Flirtatious; amorous.

1. A fashionable young man.
2. a. A man courteously attentive to women.
   b. A woman's lover; a paramour.

Related Forms:

• galˈlant·ly adverb