GAL'LANT, a. [Eng. could; L. gallus, a cock.] 1. Gay; well dressed; showy; splendid; magnificent. Neither shall gallant ships pass thereby. Is.33. The gay, the wise, the gallant, and the grave. [This sense is obsolete.]2. Brave; high-spirited; courageous; heroic; magnanimous; as a gallant youth; a gallant officer.3. Fine; noble.4. Courtly; civil; polite and attentive to ladies; courteous.
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