Definition of gallant
- a. - Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed.
- a. - Noble in bearing or spirit; brave; high-spirited;
courageous; heroic; magnanimous; as, a gallant youth; a gallant
officer.
- a. - Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women;
chivalrous.
- n. - A man of mettle or spirit; a gay; fashionable man; a young
blood.
- n. - One fond of paying attention to ladies.
- n. - One who wooes; a lover; a suitor; in a bad sense, a
seducer.
- v. t. - To attend or wait on, as a lady; as, to gallant ladies
to the play.
- v. t. - To handle with grace or in a modish manner; as, to
gallant a fan.