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n. pl. Gallantries. Splendor of appearance; ostentatious finery. Bravery; intrepidity; as, the troops behaved with great gallantry. Civility or polite attention to ladies; in a bad sense, attention or courtesy designed to win criminal favors from a female; freedom of principle or practice with respect to female virtue; intrigue. Gallant persons, collectively.


Syn. - See Courage, and Heroism.