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gallantry - 3 dictionary results

gal⋅lant⋅ry

[gal-uhn-tree]
–noun, plural -ries.
1. dashing courage; heroic bravery; noble-minded behavior.
2. gallant or courtly attention to women.
3. a gallant act, action, or speech.

Origin:
1600–10; < MF galanterie, equiv. to OF galant (see gallant ) + -erie -ry


1. daring, valor, heroism. 2. chivalry, courtliness.


1. cowardice.
gal·lant·ry   (gāl'ən-trē)   
n.   pl. gal·lant·ries
  1. Nobility of spirit or action; courage.
  2. Chivalrous attention toward women; courtliness: "the air of faintly mocking gallantry with which he habitually treated mother" (Louis Auchincloss).
  3. The act or an instance of gallant speech or behavior.
  4. Archaic A bold or stylish appearance.

Gallantry

Gal"lant*ry\, n.; pl. Gallantries. [F. galanterie.]

1. Splendor of appearance; ostentatious finery. [Archaic]

Guess the gallantry of our church by this . . . when the desk whereon the priest read was inlaid with plates of silver. --Fuller.

2. Bravery; intrepidity; as, the troops behaved with great gallantry.

3. Civility or polite attention to ladies; in a bad sense, attention or courtesy designed to win criminal favors from a female; freedom of principle or practice with respect to female virtue; intrigue.

4. Gallant persons, collectively. [R.]

Helenus, Antenor, and all the gallantry of Troy. --Shak.

Syn: See Courage, and Heroism.
Language Translation for : gallantry
Spanish: valentía, bravura, heroísmo,
German: die Tapferkeit,
Japanese: 勇敢
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