showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed.-noble in bearing or spirit; brave; high-spirited; courageous; heroic; magnanimous; as, a gallant youth; a gallant officer.-polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous.-a man of mettle or spirit; a gay; fashionable man; a young blood.-one fond of paying attention to ladies.-one who wooes; a lover; a suitor; in a bad sense, a seducer.-to attend or wait on, as a lady; as, to gallant ladies to the play.-to handle with grace or in a modish manner; as, to gallant a fan.