galliard
noun
a spirited dance for two dancers in triple rhythm, common in the 16th and 17th centuries.
gaillard
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a variation of
galliard.
Example Sentences
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King Edward VII was sympathique and un gaillard; the Princes of Wales, who may one day be Edward VIII, is also sympathique.
From Time Magazine Archive
I think the restaurant we dined in was the only one in the place, and our gaillard of a host—he was a straight-backed, well-set-up chap, with rather fine eyes—did us on the whole pretty well.
From Widdershins by Oliver [pseud.] Onions
"Ah!" cried one, "a gaillard from the battery."
From Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas by Charles James Lever
Many a common warrior was far more gaillard than he.
From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Mayne Reid
The Queen was delighted with the little boy, and made him dance a gaillard on her left hand.
From The Golden Goose Book by L. Leslie (Leonard Leslie) Brooke
