What is one who wooes; a lover; a suitor; in a bad sense, a seducer. Addison. Note: In the first sense it is by some orthoëpists (as in Shakespeare) accented on the first syllable called?
gallant — One who wooes; a lover; a suitor; in a bad sense, a seducer. Addison. Note: In the first sense it is by some orthoëpists (as in Shakespeare) accented on the first syllable. (Webster's 1913.)
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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