What does "gallantry" mean?
Gallantry: Bravery; intrepidity; as, the troops behaved with great gallantry.
Additional senses
- 2.Civility or polite attention to ladies; in a bed sense, attention or courtesy designed to win criminal favors from a female; freedom of principle or practice with respect to female virtue; intrigue.
- 3.Gallant persons, collectively. [R.] Helenus, Antenor, and all the gallantry of Troy. Shak.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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