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say it: GAL-uhnt
gallant is an adjective and noun meaning "unflinching in battle or action". It carries 6 recorded senses.
unflinching in battle or action
“a gallant warrior”
“put up a gallant resistance to the attackers”
having or displaying great dignity or nobility
“a gallant pageant”
“lofty ships”
“majestic cities”
“proud alpine peaks”
being attentive to women like an ideal knight
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for gallant come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.