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gallant hero.
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English : nickname for a cheerful or high-spirited person, from Old French, Middle English galant ‘bold’, ‘dashing’, ‘lively’. The meanings ‘gallant’ and ‘attentive to women’ are further developments, which may lie behind some examples of the surname.French : variant spelling of Galant, cognate with 1.
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English Arthurian legend name of a Knight of the Round Table, known as "the Knight Valiant." He was the illegitimate son of Lancelot and Elaine of Carbonek, renowned for his gallantry and purity, as well as being one of the three achievers of the Holy Grail. The name was invented by the author of La Queste del Saint Graal and was probably derived from Gilead, the Anglicized form of Hebrew Gilad, GALAHAD means "hard, stony region."
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n.
Music sung or performed in the open air at nights; -- usually applied to musical entertainments given in the open air at night, especially by gentlemen, in a spirit of gallantry, under the windows of ladies.
n.
A professed lover or suitor; a gallant.
adv.
In a polite or courtly manner; like a gallant or wooer.
n.
A sweetheart, of either sex; a gallant, or a mistress; -- usually in a bad sense.
a.
Distinguished bravery; valor; especially, military bravery and skill; gallantry; intrepidity; fearlessness.
adv.
In a gallant manner.
v. t.
To attend or wait on, as a lady; as, to gallant ladies to the play.
a.
Fine; gallant.
a.
Noble in bearing or spirit; brave; high-spirited; courageous; heroic; magnanimous; as, a gallant youth; a gallant officer.
pl.
of Gallantry
n.
The quality of being gallant.
n.
Gallant persons, collectively.
superl.
Valiant; brave; gallant; courageous.
v. t.
To handle with grace or in a modish manner; as, to gallant a fan.
n.
Bravery; intrepidity; as, the troops behaved with great gallantry.
n.
A lover; a gallant; a beau.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Gallant
n.
A young man dwelling in the country; a rustic; esp., a cuntry gallant or lover; -- chiefly in poetry.
imp. & p. p.
of Gallant
v. t.
To attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection; as, to squire a lady.