gallant
A fashionable young man who is polite and attentive to womenA fashionable young man who is polite and attentive to women.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Meaning
3 senses(dated)A fashionable young man who is polite and attentive to women.
све́тский челове́кsvétskij čelovék, дже́нтльме́нdžéntlʹmén, щёгольščógolʹ
a man who attends or escorts a woman
One who woos, a lover, a suitor, a seducer.
A topgallant.
Examples
12 sentencesYou're so gallant.
ruТы такой галантный. — odexed
He is a very gallant gentleman.
“You seem a gallant young gentleman, sir,” he said.
The bridal guests assembled in gallant troops from distant quarters.
The boy did so, and was placed in the centre of the gallant train.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
17th-century borrowing from French galant. See above.17th-century borrowing from French galant. See above.
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