ETYM French gallant, prop. p. pr. of Old Fren. galer to rejoice, akin to Old Fren. gale amusement, Italian gala ornament; of German origin; cf. Old High Germ. geil merry, luxuriant, wanton, German geil lascivious, akin to AS. gal wanton, wicked.
1. Having or displaying great dignity or nobility; SYN. lofty, majestic, proud.
2. Unflinching in battle or action.

1. A fashionable man.
2. A man fond of paying attention to ladies.
3. One who woos; a lover; a suitor; in a bad sense, a seducer.

(née Young) (1922-) Canadian short-story writer and novelist, based in Paris. A regular contributor to the New Yorker magazine, she has published two novels and collections of short fiction, notably The Pegnitz Junction 1973, dealing with German life alienated from its immediate past after 1945, and From the Fifteenth District 1979, set in various European countries.
Her work, which is distinguished by adroitly shifting points of view, perhaps influenced by cinema technique, often deals with the themes of cultural isolation and displacement.

1. To pay court to (a lady); attend
2 obsolete; To manipulate (a fan) in a modish manner
3. To pay court to ladies