a. - Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed.
a. - Noble in bearing or spirit; brave; high-spirited; courageous; heroic; magnanimous; as, a gallant youth; a gallant officer.
a. - Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous.
n. - A man of mettle or spirit; a gay; fashionable man; a young blood.
n. - One fond of paying attention to ladies.
n. - One who wooes; a lover; a suitor; in a bad sense, a seducer.
v. t. - To attend or wait on, as a lady; as, to gallant ladies to the play.
v. t. - To handle with grace or in a modish manner; as, to gallant a fan.