3. One who wooes; a lover; a suitor; in a bad sense, a seducer.
Addison.
In the first sense it is by some orthoÎpists (as in Shakespeare)
accented on the first syllable.
Gal*lant" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gallanted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gallanting.] 1. To attend or wait on, as a lady; as, to gallant ladies
to the play.
2. To handle with grace or in a modish manner; as, to gallant a fan.
[Obs.] Addison.
Gal*lant"ly (?), adv. In a polite or courtly manner; like a gallant or
wooer.
Gal"lant*ly (?), adv. In a gallant manner.
Gal"lant*ness (?), n. The quality of being gallant.
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Gal"lant*ry (?), n.; pl. Gallantries (#). [F. galanterie.] 1. Splendor
of appearance; ostentatious finery. [Archaic]
Guess the gallantry of our church by this . . . when the desk
whereon the priest read was inlaid with plates of silver.
Fuller.