gallant

Meaning

Adj

1. Brave, valiant, courteous, especially with regard to male attitudes towards women.
2. Honorable.
3. Grand, noble.
4. (obsolete) Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed.

Noun

1. (dated) A fashionable young man who is polite and attentive to women.
2. One who woos, a lover, a suitor, a seducer.
3. A topgallant.

Verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To attend or wait on (a lady).
2. (obsolete, transitive) To handle with grace or in a modish manner.
3. (transitive) To conduct, escort, convey.
4. To behave in a gallant fashion; to act the gallant.

Synonyms

brave

valiant

courageous

dashing

chivalrous

heroic

dandy

lover

❤️

squire

valorous

courteous

paramour

stalwart

daring

worthy

stout

majestic

doughty

beau

lofty

fop

bold

hero

🦸‍♂️

amorous

unflinching

cavalier

stately

courtly

staunch

swell

fashion plate

sheik

proud

splendid

manly

♂️

clotheshorse

fearless

noble

escort

knightly

elegant

good

👍

civil

polite

dude

gentlemanly

chevalier

honest

stallwart

valient

Translations

galant

galante

brave

valiente

tapfer

γενναίος

cicisbeo

galant

vriendelijk

braaf

dapper

tüchtig

eerlijk

vaillant

courageux

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡælənt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: galant

Cognate with Frankish: *wala

In summary

From Middle English galant, galaunt, from Old French galant (“courteous; dashing; brave”), present participle of galer (“to rejoice; make merry”), from gale (“pomp; show; festivity; mirth”); either from Frankish *wala (“good, well”), a variant form of *wela, from Proto-Germanic *wela (whence well), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, wish”); or alternatively from Frankish *gail (“merry; mirthful; proud; luxuriant”), from Proto-Germanic *gailaz (“merry; excited; luxurious”), related to Dutch geil (“horny; lascivious; salacious; lecherous”), German geil (“randy; horny; lecherous; wicked”), Old English gāl (“wanton; wicked; bad”).