Word Definition
Gallantry
- Splendor of appearance; ostentatious finery.
- 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.
- Bravery; intrepidity; as, the troops behaved with great gallantry.
- Gallant persons, collectively.