gallant

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. adj. Smartly or boldly stylish; dashing: a gallant feathered hat; cut a gallant figure at the coronation.
2. adj. Unflinching in battle or action; valiant: put up a gallant resistance to the attackers.
3. adj. Nobly or selflessly resolute: made a gallant attempt to save his friend's reputation.
4. adj. Stately; majestic.
5. adj. Courteously attentive especially to women; chivalrous.
6. adj. Flirtatious; amorous.
7. n. A fashionable young man.
8. n. A man courteously attentive to women.
9. n. A woman's lover; a paramour.
10. v. To woo or pay court to (a lady).
11. v. To play the gallant.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. Gay; fine; splendid; magnificent; showy as regards dress, ornamentation, or any external decorative effect.
2. Brave; high-spirited; heroic: as, a gallant officer. Arch. You have an unspeakable comfort of your young prince Mamillius….
3. Honorable; magnanimous; chivalrous; noble: as, a gallant antagonist.
4. (Also ga-lant′ .) In later use, courtly; polite; attentive to women; inclined to courtship; in a bad sense, amorous; erotic.
5. Synonyms Magnificent, brilliant.
6. Valiant, Courageous, etc. (see brave); bold, high-spirited, manful.
7. n. A gay, dashing person (rarely applied to a woman); a courtly or fashionable man.
8. n. An ardent, intrepid youth; a daring spirit; a man of mettle.
9. n. (Also ga-lant′ .) A man who is particularly attentive to women; one who habitually escorts or attends upon women; a ladies' man.
10. n. A wooer; a suitor; in a bad sense, a rake; a libertine.
11. n. Nautical, any flag carried at the mizzenmast.
12. To make gallant or fine; deck out.
13. To handle with grace or in a modish manner.
14. To play the gallant toward (a woman); attend or escort with deferential courtesy: as, to gallant a lady to the theater.
15. To make love; be gallant.

Wiktionary

1. adj. Brave, valiant.
2. adj. Honorable.
3. adj. Grand, noble.
4. adj. Very polite with women.
5. n. dated Fashionable young man, who is polite and attentive to women.
6. n. One who woos, a lover, a suitor, a seducer.
7. n. An animal or thing of grey colour, such as a horse, badger, or salmon.
8. n. nautical topgallant
9. v. obsolete, transitive To attend or wait on (a lady).
10. v. obsolete, transitive To handle with grace or in a modish manner.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. adj. Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed.
2. adj. Noble in bearing or spirit; brave; high-spirited; courageous; heroic; magnanimous.
3. adj. Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous.
4. n. A man of mettle or spirit; a gay, fashionable man; a young blood.
5. n. One fond of paying attention to ladies.
6. n. One who wooes; a lover; a suitor; in a bad sense, a seducer.
7. v. To attend or wait on, as a lady.
8. v. obsolete To handle with grace or in a modish manner.

WordNet 3.0

1. adj. lively and spirited
2. adj. unflinching in battle or action
3. n. a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
4. adj. having or displaying great dignity or nobility
5. adj. being attentive to women like an ideal knight
6. n. a man who attends or escorts a woman