1
: showy in dress or bearing : smart
2
3
: courteously and elaborately attentive especially to ladies
gallantly
adverb
1
: a young man of fashion
2
gallanted; gallanting; gallants
1
: to pay court to (a lady) : attend
used to gallant her in his youth—Washington Irving
2
obsolete
: to manipulate (a fan) in a modish manner
: to pay court to ladies
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