Gallantry /(?)/

Gal·lant·ry

Gallantry

n.

pl. Gallantries

  1. Splendor of appearance; ostentatious finery. [Archaic]
    Guess the gallantry of our church by this . . . when the desk whereon the priest read was inlaid with plates of silver.
  2. Bravery; intrepidity; as, the troops behaved with great gallantry.
  3. 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.
  4. Gallant persons, collectively. [R.]
    Helenus, Antenor, and all the gallantry of Troy.