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Definition of gallant adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

     

    gallant

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    NAmE//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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    NAmE//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.”
gallantly adverb
 
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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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