Englishgallant
▸ adjective
1 /ˈɡal(ə)nt 
/ (of a person or their behaviour) brave; heroic:
she had made gallant efforts to pull herself together.
▪ archaic grand or impressive:
they made a gallant array as they marched off.
2 /ˈɡal(ə)nt , ɡəˈlant / (of a man) charmingly attentive and chivalrous to women:
a gallant gentleman came over and kissed my hand
Pamella thought that was very gallant of him.
▸ noun archaic /ˈɡal(ə)nt , ɡəˈlant / a man who is charmingly attentive to women:
he launches himself into a gallant's career of amorous intrigue.
▪ a dashing and fashionable gentleman.
▸ verb [with object] archaic /ˈɡal(ə)nt , ɡəˈlant / (of a man) flirt with (a woman):
Mowbray was gallanting the Polish lady.
– ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘finely dressed’): from Old French galant, from galer ‘have fun, make a show’, from Old Dutch wala (adverb) ‘well’.