gallant:

1. Smartly or boldly stylish; showy in dress and manner.

2. Brave; noble; high-spirited; selflessly resolute.

3. Polite, courteous, attentive, especially to women.
Synonyms: attentive; cavalier ; chivalrous; chivalric; considerate; courteous; courtly; gentlemanly; gracious; noble; old-world; suave; urbane .

4. Flirtatious; courteous; amorous .

5. A fashionable young man .

6. A man courteously attentive to women; by extension, a ladies'-man . Dated. See ladies'-man for synonyms.

7. A woman's lover ; a suitor or paramour .

See Also: cavalier, street girl, street walker, street whore, street worker, streetwalker, streetwalking prostitute

Quotes Containing gallant:
Preston Dillard (Henry Fonda) in Jezebel (1938): ''Great ladies and gallant street-girls have a lot in common.''
Preston Dillard (Henry Fonda) in Jezebel (1938): ''Great ladies and gallant street-girls have a lot in common.''
''Great ladies and gallant street-girls have a lot in common.'' Preston Dillard (Henry Fonda) in Jezebel (1938).
''Great ladies and gallant street-girls have a lot in common.'' Preston Dillard (Henry Fonda) in Jezebel (1938).

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