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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, ... show more

Roget 962: libertine; voluptuary etc. 954.1; rake, debauchee, loose fish, rip, rakehell, fast man; intrigant, gallant, seducer, fornicator, ... show more

Dutch: modegek, vent, sjeik
Polish: dandys, elegancik, elegant, fircyk, goguś, laluś, modniś, picuś glancuś, piękniś, strojniś ... 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 ... show more

Roget 961: impure; unclean etc. (dirty) 653; not to be mentioned to ears polite; immodest, shameless; indecorous, indelicate, indecent; Fescennine; loose, ... show more

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; ... show more

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


Moby thesaurus: Achilles, Beau Brummel, Casanova, David, Don Juan, Hector, Lothario, Roland, Romeo, Samson, a man, abandoned, admirer, adorer, amorist, amoroso, attentive, beau, beloved, blade ... show more.

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