gallant

[US]/ˈɡælənt/
[UK]/ˈɡælənt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj.brave and courageous;splendid and majestic

Phrases & Collocations

a gallant gesture

a gallant warrior

gallant behavior

gallant knight

gallant gentleman

Example Sentences

put up a gallant resistance to the attackers.

a gallant feathered hat; cut a gallant figure at the coronation.

a gallant Saxon, who annoyed this Coast.

made a gallant attempt to save his friend's reputation.

she had made gallant efforts to pull herself together.

They have put up a gallant fight over the years.

Huang Jiguang's gallant deed is known by all men.

they made a gallant array next morning as they marched off.

A forepeak halliard snapped and the highest top gallant spar was carried away.

A violent equinoctial gale had come up, which had first staved in a grating and a porthole on the larboard side, and damaged the foretop-gallant-shrouds;

Real-world Examples

" Let's have a really loud hand for the gallant losers—Bulgaria! " Bagman shouted.

Source: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Don't go all gallant on me now.

Source: Lost Girl Season 2

See, I never figured you were so gallant, Joel.

Source: Canadian drama "Saving Hope" Season 1

It will continue to invest in Her Majesty's gallant Armed Forces.

Source: Collection of Speeches by the British Royal Family

Mary and Jane gave their gallant waiter a generous tip.

Source: IELTS Vocabulary: Category Recognition

" Now why all these lies, my gallant soldier laddie" ? asked Scarlett.

Source: Gone with the Wind

He opened doors for young women with a gallant...- Allow me.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 5

My Government will continue to invest in our gallant Armed Forces.

Source: Queen's Speech in the UK

Phileas Fogg, though brave and gallant, must be, he thought, quite heartless.

Source: Around the World in Eighty Days

A gallant man would defend his fiancee for being called a urethra.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 8

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