gallant soldier
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of gallant soldier
C20: by folk etymology from New Latin Galinsoga
Example Sentences
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“Those generations will know Lieutenant Warren as a son of Crown Heights, a gallant soldier and as the best that our nation can offer.”
From New York Times • May 20, 2022
To set forth the particulars of his conduct would be tedious, we would only beg leave to say that in the Person of this said negro centers a brave and gallant soldier.
From Washington Post • Jul. 3, 2015
Unable to live up to his romantic ideal of the gallant soldier, he was left to imagine such a soldier in his fiction.
From Slate • Mar. 26, 2013
Said he: "I trust that judgment will be suspended on a very gallant soldier until all the facts are known."
From Time Magazine Archive
I inclose the following brief sketch of the gallant soldier who commanded in this brilliant affair.
From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 by Newell, R. H. (Robert Henry)
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