Gallant can be categorized as an adjective, a noun and a verb.
Adjective |
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| gallant - having or displaying great dignity or nobility; "a gallant pageant"; "lofty ships"; "majestic cities"; "proud alpine peaks" | ||
| gallant - unflinching in battle or action; "a gallant warrior"; "put up a gallant resistance to the attackers" | ||
| gallant - being attentive to women like an ideal knight | ||
| gallant - lively and spirited; "a dashing hero" | ||
Verb |
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| gallant - To attend or wait on a lady. | ||
| gallant - To handle with grace or in a modish manner. | ||
Noun |
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| gallant - Fashionable young man, who is polite and attentive to women. | ||
| gallant - One who woos, a lover, a suitor, a seducer. | ||
| gallant - An animal or thing of grey colour, such as a horse, badger, or salmon. | ||
| gallant - topgallant. |
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| 1. | adj. | A gallant pageant. | |
| 2. | adj. | A gallant warrior. | |
| 3. | adj. | Put up a gallant resistance to the attackers. | |
| 4. | adj. | All the soldiers were gallant. | |
| 5. | adj. | He is a very gallant gentleman. | |
| 6. | adj. | How gallant are you! | |
| 7. | adj. | Ah! how polite and gallant men are when they're trying to obtain something from a poor woman! | |
| 8. | adj. | You're so gallant. | |
| 9. | adj. | That was a gallant deed. | |
| 10. | adj. | The wreathing fires made way. They wrapt the ship in splendour wild, They caught the flag on high, And streamed above the gallant child Like banners in the sky. | |
| 11. | adj. | I am glad to see that the devil deals as cunningly with other folk as he deals with me; for whenever I am about to commit any folly, he persuades me it is the most necessary, gallant, gentlemanlike thing on earth, and I am up to saddlegirths in the bog before I see that the ground is soft. | |
| 12. | adj. | “You seem a gallant young gentleman, sir,” he said. | |
| 13. | adj. | The bridal guests assembled in gallant troops from distant quarters. | |
| 14. | adj. | The boy did so, and was placed in the centre of the gallant train. | |
| 15. | adj. | Here also flourished in ancient times those bands of gallant outlaws, whose deeds have been rendered so popular in English song. |
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| adj. | |
| A gallant pageant. |
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| A gallant warrior. |
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| Put up a gallant resistance to the attackers. |
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| All the soldiers were gallant. | |
| He is a very gallant gentleman. | |
| How gallant are you! | |
| Ah! how polite and gallant men are when they're trying to obtain something from a poor woman! | |
| You're so gallant. | |
| That was a gallant deed. | |
| The wreathing fires made way. They wrapt the ship in splendour wild, They caught the flag on high, And streamed above the gallant child Like banners in the sky. | |
| I am glad to see that the devil deals as cunningly with other folk as he deals with me; for whenever I am about to commit any folly, he persuades me it is the most necessary, gallant, gentlemanlike thing on earth, and I am up to saddlegirths in the bog before I see that the ground is soft. | |
| “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. | |
| Here also flourished in ancient times those bands of gallant outlaws, whose deeds have been rendered so popular in English song. | |