gallant
adjective
brave, spirited, noble-minded, or chivalrous.
gallants
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pluralof gallant.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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By Part 3, we are in Renaissance France, where gallants fight with one-handed swords in 1547.
From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2012
The vast majority of oils, watercolors and drawings made by Fragonard, Boucher, Watteau and Nattier to decorate boudoirs and gaming rooms were skillful but skin-deep pictures of pretty ladies, handsome gallants and idyllic landscapes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Two young purse-poor gallants pose as master and servant in order to wed wealthily.
From Time Magazine Archive
For 36 years the track was a playground for Creole gallants and their blooded plantation ponies, for the stock fairs and horse races of New Orleans' Mechanics' Society.
From Time Magazine Archive
These men, a picked striking force of gallants, resumed the onslaughts of the previous afternoon.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
