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gallant
noun
1 gallant
A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance.
synonyms: beau, clotheshorse, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, sheik, swell.
Roget 897:
love;
fondness
etc.
adj.;
liking;
inclination
etc.
(desire)
865;
regard,
dilection†,
admiration,
fancy.
affection,
sympathy,
fellow-feeling;
tenderness
etc.
adj.;
heart,
brotherly love;
benevolence
etc.
906;
attachment.
yearning,
eros,
tender passion,
amour;
gyneolatry†;
gallantry,
passion,
flame,
devotion,
fervor,
enthusiasm,
transport of love,
rapture,
enchantment,
infatuation,
adoration,
idolatry.
Cupid,
Venus;
myrtle;
true lover's knot;
love token,
love suit,
love affair,
love tale,
love story;
the,
old story,
plighted love;
courtship
etc.
902;
amourette†;
free love.
maternal love,
storge [Gr.],
parental love;
young love,
puppy love.
attractiveness;
popularity;
favorite
etc.
899.
lover,
suitor,
follower,
admirer,
adorer,
wooer,
amoret†,
beau,
sweetheart,
inamorato [It],
swain,
young man,
flame,
love,
truelove;
leman†,
Lothario,
gallant,
paramour,
amoroso†,
cavaliere servente [It],
captive,
cicisbeo†;
caro sposo [It].
inamorata,
ladylove,
idol,
darling,
duck,
Dulcinea,
angel,
goddess,
cara sposa [It].
betrothed,
affianced,
fiancee.
flirt,
coquette;
amorette†;
pair of turtledoves;
abode of love,
agapemone†.
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Roget 962:
libertine;
voluptuary
etc.
954.1;
rake,
debauchee,
loose fish,
rip,
rakehell†,
fast man;
intrigant†,
gallant,
seducer,
fornicator,
lecher,
satyr,
goat,
whoremonger,
paillard†,
adulterer,
gay deceiver,
Lothario,
Don Juan,
Bluebeard†;
chartered libertine.
adulteress,
advoutress†,
courtesan,
prostitute,
strumpet,
harlot,
whore,
punk,
fille de joie [Fr.];
woman,
woman of the town;
streetwalker,
Cyprian,
miss,
piece [Fr.];
frail sisterhood;
demirep,
wench,
trollop,
trull†,
baggage,
hussy,
drab,
bitch,
jade,
skit,
rig,
quean†,
mopsy†,
slut,
minx,
harridan;
unfortunate,
unfortunate female,
unfortunate woman;
woman of easy virtue
etc.
(unchaste)
961;
wanton,
fornicatress†;
Jezebel,
Messalina,
Delilah,
Thais,
Phryne,
Aspasia†,
Lais,
lorette†,
cocotte†,
petite dame,
grisette†;
demimonde;
chippy [U.S.];
sapphist†;
spiritual wife;
white slave.
concubine,
mistress,
doxy†,
chere amie [Fr.],
bona roba [It].
pimp,
procurer;
pander,
pandar†;
bawd,
conciliatrix†,
procuress†,
mackerel,
wittol†.
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Dutch: modegek, vent, sjeik
Polish: dandys, elegancik, elegant, fircyk, goguś, laluś, modniś, picuś glancuś, piękniś, strojniś, wykwintniś, wytworniś ... show more
2 gallant
A man who attends or escorts a woman.
synonym: squire.
adjective
1 gallant
Unflinching in battle or action.
Roget 894:
courteous,
polite,
civil,
mannerly,
urbane;
well-behaved,
well-mannered,
well-bred,
well-brought up;
good-mannered,
polished,
civilized,
cultivated;
refined
etc.
(taste)
850;
gentlemanlike
etc.
(fashion)
852†;
gallant;
on one's good behavior.
fine spoken,
fair spoken,
soft-spoken;
honey-mouthed,
honey-tongued;
oily,
bland;
obliging,
conciliatory,
complaisant,
complacent;
obsequious
etc.
886.
ingratiating,
winning;
gentle,
mild;
good-humored,
cordial,
gracious,
affable,
familiar;
neighborly.
diplomatic,
tactful,
politic;
artful
etc.
702.
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Roget 961:
impure;
unclean
etc.
(dirty)
653;
not to be mentioned to ears polite;
immodest,
shameless;
indecorous,
indelicate,
indecent;
Fescennine;
loose,
risque [Fr.],
coarse,
gross,
broad,
free,
equivocal,
smutty,
fulsome,
ribald,
obscene,
bawdy,
pornographic.
concupiscent,
prurient,
lickerish†,
rampant,
lustful;
carnal,
carnal-minded;
lewd,
lascivious,
lecherous,
libidinous,
erotic,
ruttish,
salacious;
Paphian;
voluptuous;
goatish,
must,
musty.
unchaste,
light,
wanton,
licentious,
debauched,
dissolute;
of loose character,
of easy virtue;
frail,
gay,
riggish†,
incontinent,
meretricious,
rakish,
gallant,
dissipated;
no better than she should be;
on the town,
on the streets,
on the pave,
on the loose.
adulterous,
incestuous,
bestial.
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Polish: waleczny
2 gallant
Lively and spirited.
synonym: dashing.
Roget 861:
courageous,
brave;
valiant,
valorous;
gallant,
intrepid;
spirited,
spiritful†;
high-spirited,
high-mettled†;
mettlesome,
plucky;
manly,
manful;
resolute;
stout,
stout-hearted;
iron-hearted,
lion-hearted;
heart of oak;
Penthesilean.
bold,
bold-spirited;
daring,
audacious;
fearless,
dauntless,
dreadless†,
aweless;
undaunted,
unappalled,
undismayed,
unawed,
unblanched,
unabashed,
unalarmed,
unflinching,
unshrinking†,
unblanching†,
unapprehensive;
confident,
self-reliant;
bold as a lion,
bold as brass.
enterprising,
adventurous;
venturous,
venturesome;
dashing,
chivalrous;
soldierly
etc.
(warlike)
722;
heroic.
fierce,
savage;
pugnacious
etc.
(bellicose)
720.
strong-minded,
hardy,
doughty;
firm
etc.
(stable)
150;
determined
etc.
(resolved)
604;
dogged,
indomitable
etc.
(persevering)
604.1.
up to,
up to the scratch;
upon one's mettle;
reassured
etc.
v.;
unfeared†,
undreaded†.
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3 gallant
Having or displaying great dignity or nobility:
— A gallant pageant.
synonyms: lofty, majestic, proud.
Polish: dostojny, majestatyczny, hieratyczny
4 gallant
Being attentive to women like an ideal knight.
synonyms: chivalrous, knightly.
Polish: rycerski
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