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noun

Gallantry n. (pl. gallantries)

Splendor of appearance; ostentatious finery. (Archaic) "Guess the gallantry of our church by this... when the desk whereon the priest read was inlaid with plates of silver."

Bravery; intrepidity; as, the troops behaved with great gallantry.

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.

Gallant persons, collectively. (R.) "Helenus, Antenor, and all the gallantry of Troy."

Synonyms: See Courage, and Heroism.

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Etymology of 'Gallantry'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Gallantry" Quotes from Famous Books

... without noticing it. Indeed, the fruitful imagination of Sophia Egerton had not lain still. She declared, "he was a soldier by his dress, a man of rank from his manners, an Apollo in his person, and a hero from his gallantry!" ...

— Thaddeus of Warsaw • Jane Porter

... how very glad we are to see that you are safe and well. We were delighted to see by the papers that you were among those mentioned for gallantry in the despatch sent home a few days ago by Field-Marshal Sir John French. We have tried to locate the different gentlemen now on active service who had been residing in this district, and the press is our medium—it was there we ...

— Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie • George Brenton Laurie

... additional bounties authorized during the recent session of Congress, under such regulations as will protect the Government from fraud and secure to the honorably discharged soldier the well-earned reward of his faithfulness and gallantry. More than 6,000 maimed soldiers have received artificial limbs or other surgical apparatus, and 41 national cemeteries, containing the remains of 104,526 Union soldiers, have already been established. The total estimate of military appropriations ...

— State of the Union Addresses of Andrew Johnson • Andrew Johnson

... the old admiral moderated his horse's pace so as to follow his niece without making any noise. He had played too many pranks in the years 1771 and soon after, a time of our history when gallantry was held in honor, not to guess at once that by the merest chance Emilie had met the Unknown of the Sceaux gardens. In spite of the film which age had drawn over his gray eyes, the Comte de Kergarouet could recognize the signs of extreme ...

— The Ball at Sceaux • Honore de Balzac

... was an honest and pretty girl, who in love adopted half of Champfort's famous amphoris, "Love is the interchange of two caprices." Thus her connection had never been preceded by one of those shameful bargains which dishonor modern gallantry. As she herself said, Musette played fair and insisted that she should receive full ...

— Bohemians of the Latin Quarter • Henry Murger

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