gallant

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• adjective Smartly or boldly stylish; dashing.
• adjective Unflinching in battle or action; valiant.
• adjective Nobly or selflessly resolute.
• adjective Stately; majestic.
• adjective Courteously attentive especially to women; chivalrous.
• adjective Flirtatious; amorous.
• noun A fashionable young man.
• noun A man courteously attentive to women.
• noun A male lover, especially one who is courteously attentive.
• intransitive verb To woo or pay court to (a lady).
• intransitive verb To play the gallant.

from The Century Dictionary.

• To make gallant or fine; deck out.
• To handle with grace or in a modish manner.
• To play the gallant toward (a woman); attend or escort with deferential courtesy: as, to gallant a lady to the theater.
• To make love; be gallant.
• Gay; fine; splendid; magnificent; showy as regards dress, ornamentation, or any external decorative effect.
• Brave; high-spirited; heroic: as, a gallant officer.
• Honorable; magnanimous; chivalrous; noble: as, a gallant antagonist.
• (Also ga-lant′ .) In later use, courtly; polite; attentive to women; inclined to courtship; in a bad sense, amorous; erotic.
• Synonyms Magnificent, brilliant.
• Valiant, Courageous, etc. (see brave); bold, high-spirited, manful.
• noun A gay, dashing person (rarely applied to a woman); a courtly or fashionable man.
• noun An ardent, intrepid youth; a daring spirit; a man of mettle.
• noun (Also ga-lant′ .) A man who is particularly attentive to women; one who habitually escorts or attends upon women; a ladies' man.
• noun A wooer; a suitor; in a bad sense, a rake; a libertine.
• noun Nautical, any flag carried at the mizzenmast.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• adjective Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous.
• adjective Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed.
• adjective Noble in bearing or spirit; brave; high-spirited; courageous; heroic; magnanimous
• transitive verb To attend or wait on, as a lady.
• transitive verb obsolete To handle with grace or in a modish manner.
• noun A man of mettle or spirit; a gay, fashionable man; a young blood.
• noun One fond of paying attention to ladies.
• noun One who wooes; a lover; a suitor; in a bad sense, a seducer.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• adjective Very polite with women.
• noun dated Fashionable young man, who is polite and attentive to women.
• noun One who woos, a lover, a suitor, a seducer.
• noun An animal or thing of grey colour, such as a horse, badger, or salmon.
• noun nautical topgallant
• verb obsolete, transitive To attend or wait on (a lady).
• verb obsolete, transitive To handle with grace or in a modish manner.
• adjective Brave, valiant.
• adjective Honorable.
• adjective Grand, noble.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• adjective lively and spirited
• adjective unflinching in battle or action
• noun a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance