- 1NAmE//ˈɡælənt//(old-fashioned or literary) brave, especially in a very difficult situation synonym heroic gallant soldiers She made a gallant attempt to hide her tears.
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- 2NAmE//ˈɡælənt//, NAmE//ɡəˈlænt//, NAmE//ɡəˈlɑnt//(of a man) giving polite attention to women “I left her standing in the rain.” “That wasn't very gallant of you.”
She gallantly battled on alone. He bowed and gallantly kissed my hand.See gallant in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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