'Gallantry' definitions:
Definition of 'gallantry'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Gallantry'
From: GCIDE
- Gallantry \Gal"lant*ry\, n.; pl. Gallantries. [F. galanterie.]
- 1. Splendor of appearance; ostentatious finery. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
- Guess the gallantry of our church by this . . . when the desk whereon the priest read was inlaid with plates of silver. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Bravery; intrepidity; as, the troops behaved with great gallantry. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Civility or polite attention to ladies; in a bad sense, attention or courtesy designed to win criminal favors from a female; freedom of principle or practice with respect to female virtue; intrigue. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Gallant persons, collectively. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- Helenus, Antenor, and all the gallantry of Troy. --Shak.
- Syn: See Courage, and Heroism. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'gallantry'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- address,
- addresses,
- amenity,
- amorous pursuit,
- attention,
- backbone,
- boldness,
- braveness,
- bravery,
- chivalrousness,
- chivalry,
- conspicuous gallantry,
- courage,
- courageousness,
- court,
- courtesy,
- courting,
- courtliness,
- courtly politeness,
- dauntlessness,
- debauchery,
- debauchment,
- deference,
- dissipation,
- dissoluteness,
- doughtiness,
- Dutch courage,
- duty,
- fastness,
- fortitude,
- gallantness,
- gallantry under fire,
- greatheartedness,
- guts,
- heroicalness,
- heroism,
- homage,
- honor,
- intrepidity,
- intrepidness,
- invincibility,
- knightliness,
- libertinage,
- libertinism,
- license,
- licentiousness,
- lionheartedness,
- manfulness,
- manhood,
- manliness,
- martial spirit,
- mettle,
- military spirit,
- noblesse oblige,
- poise,
- pot-valor,
- profligacy,
- prowess,
- rakishness,
- resolution,
- reverence,
- sand,
- savoir faire,
- serenade,
- soldierly quality,
- spirit,
- stalwartness,
- stoutheartedness,
- stoutness,
- suavity,
- suing,
- suit,
- tact,
- ten,
- unbridledness,
- unconquerableness,
- urbanity,
- valiance,
- valiancy,
- valor,
- valorousness,
- venery,
- virtue,
- wenching,
- whoring,
- wildness,
- wooing