Definition of gallant

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Gallant (v. t.) To handle with grace or in a modish manner; as, to gallant a fan..

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Fore-topgallant :: Fore-topgallant (a.) Designating the mast, sail, yard, etc., above the topmast; as, the fore-topgallant sail. See Sail..
Amorist :: Amorist (n.) A lover; a gallant.
Topgallant :: Topgallant (n.) A topgallant mast or sail.
Leman :: Leman (n.) A sweetheart, of either sex; a gallant, or a mistress; -- usually in a bad sense..
Serenade :: Serenade (n.) Music sung or performed in the open air at nights; -- usually applied to musical entertainments given in the open air at night, especially by gentlemen, in a spirit of gallantry, under the windows of ladies..
Spark :: Spark (n.) A lover; a gallant; a beau.
Gallant :: Gallant (a.) Noble in bearing or spirit; brave; high-spirited; courageous; heroic; magnanimous; as, a gallant youth; a gallant officer..
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A bar of iron athwart ships at a topgallant masthead, to support a royal mast, and give spread to the royal shrouds; -- called also jack crosstree..
Grisette :: Grisette (n.) A French girl or young married woman of the lower class; more frequently, a young working woman who is fond of gallantry..
Gallantry :: Gallantry (n.) Splendor of appearance; ostentatious finery.
Gallant :: Gallant (n.) One fond of paying attention to ladies.
Ship :: Ship (n.) Specifically, a vessel furnished with a bowsprit and three masts (a mainmast, a foremast, and a mizzenmast), each of which is composed of a lower mast, a topmast, and a topgallant mast, and square-rigged on all masts. See Illustation in Appendix..
Disgallant :: Disgallant (v. t.) To deprive of gallantry.
Fore-topmast :: Fore-topmast (n.) The mast erected at the head of the foremast, and at the head of which stands the fore-topgallant mast. See Ship..
Gallanted :: Gallanted (imp. & p. p.) of Gallan.
Lady-killer :: Lady-killer (n.) A gallant who captivates the hearts of women.
Servant :: Servant (n.) A professed lover or suitor; a gallant.
Cavaliero :: Cavaliero (n.) A cavalier; a gallant; a libertine.
Paramour :: Paramour (n.) Love; gallantry.
Topgallant :: Topgallant (a.) Situated above the topmast and below the royal mast; designatb, or pertaining to, the third spars in order from the deck; as, the topgallant mast, yards, braces, and the like. See Illustration of Ship..
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