gallant
 gal·lant (gălʹənt)adj.
1. Smartly or boldly stylish; dashing:
a gallant feathered hat; cut a gallant figure at the coronation.
2.
a. Unflinching in battle or action; valiant:
put up a gallant resistance to the attackers.
b. Nobly or selflessly resolute:
made a gallant attempt to save his friend's reputation.
3. Stately; majestic.
4. (gə-lăntʹ, -läntʹ)
a. Courteously attentive especially to women; chivalrous.
b. Flirtatious; amorous.n. (gə-lăntʹ, -läntʹ, gălʹənt)
1. A fashionable young man.
2.
a. A man courteously attentive to women.
b. A woman's lover; a paramour.v. gal·lant·ed, gal·lant·ing, gal·lants (gə-lăntʹ, -läntʹ)v. tr.
To woo or pay court to (a lady).v. intr.
To play the gallant. [Middle English galaunt, from Old French galant, present participle of galer, to rejoice, of Germanic origin. See wel-1 in Indo-European Roots.] galʹlant·ly adv.
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