gallantry
noun
dashing courage; heroic bravery; noble-minded behavior.
gallantries
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pluralof gallantry.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But Bausch expands her premise to embrace a world of ritualised gallantries and perfectly achieved appearance.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 21, 2012
Residual gallantries survive all over the society, but it takes something of an individualist to practice them.
From Time Magazine Archive
For 75 years ago Khedive Ismail Pasha had defrayed the costs of his irrepressible gallantries by selling a European company the right to construct and operate the canal across the Isthmus of Suez.
From Time Magazine Archive
She was an artist, one of three glowing Peabody girls, and had lived for almost two years on a sugar plantation in Cuba among the gallantries and luxuries of the old Spanish society.
From Time Magazine Archive
His heroes included D’Artagnan and the Count of Monte Cristo and he affected what he thought were their swashbuckling gallantries.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
