gallant

GAL'LANT, adjective [Eng. could; Latin gallus, a cock.]1. Gay; well dressed; showy; splendid; magnificent.Neither shall gallant ships pass thereby. Isaiah 33:21.The gay, the wise, the gallant and the grave.[This sense is obsolete.]2.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.GALLANT', noun A gay, sprightly man; a courtly or fashionable man.1. A man who is polite and attentive to ladies; one who attends upon ladies at parties, or to places of amusement.2. A wooer; a lover; a suitor.3. In an ill sense, one who caresses a woman for lewd purposes.GALLANT', verb transitive To attend or wait on, as a lady.1. To handle with grace or in a modish manner; as, to gallant a fan