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Another word for gallant

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Adjective

  1. Having or showing courage

    See also:

    fear

  2. Respectfully attentive, especially to women

    See also:

    courtesy

    attitude

  3. Characterized by elaborate but usually formal courtesy

    See also:

    courtesy

    attitude

  4. Full of polite concern for the well-being of others

    See also:

    treat well

    careful

Noun

  1. A man amorously attentive to women

    See also:

    sex

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Another word for gallant

Modifier
  1. See also:

    polite

    chivalrous

    brave

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Sentence Examples

  • "That's not fair!" my gallant bride-to-be offered.

  • The most famous episode of the town's history is its gallant and successful defence in the war of 1870-1871.

  • I think there were not many such gallant sons of the fatherland out there as he.

  • In 1891-1892-1893 the gallant French explorer, Dutreuil de Rhins, was in the field of Tibet, where he finally sacrificed his life to his work; and the same years saw George N.

  • His adherents recognized his young half-caste son, a gallant and noble youth generally known as Almagro the Lad, as his successor.

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