The town is built in a very gallant place.
Evelyn.
Our royal, good and gallant ship.
Shak.
2. Noble in bearing or spirit; brave; high- spirited; courageous;
heroic; magnanimous; as, a gallant youth; a gallant officer.
That gallant spirit hath aspired the clouds.
Shak.
The gay, the wise, the gallant, and the grave.
Waller.
Syn. -- Gallant, Courageous, Brave. Courageous is generic, denoting an
inward spirit which rises above fear; brave is more outward, marking a
spirit which braves or defies danger; gallant rises still higher,
denoting bravery on extraordinary occasions in a spirit of adventure. A
courageous man is ready for battle; a brave man courts it; a gallant
man dashes into the midst of the conflict.
Gal*lant" (?; 277), a. Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to
women; chivalrous.
Gal*lant" (?; 277), n. 1. A man of mettle or spirit; a gay, fashionable
man; a young blood. Shak.