KJV Dictionary - gallant
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GALLANT
GAL'LANT, a. Eng. could; L. gallus, a cock.
1. Gay; well dressed; showy; splendid; magnificent.
Neither shall gallant ships pass thereby. Is.33.
The gay, the wise, the gallant, and the grave.
This sense is obsolete.
2. Brave; high-spirited; courageous; heroic; magnanimous; as a gallant youth; a gallant officer.
3. Fine; noble.
4. Courtly; civil; polite and attentive to ladies; courteous.
Definition from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.
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