gallant

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gallant englannista suomeksi

Brave, valiant, courteous, especially with regard to male attitudes towards women.
(RQ:Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet)
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honorable.
(RQ:Hough Purchase Price)felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze,(nb..); he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.
grand, noble.
Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed.
(RQ:Evelyn Diary)
(RQ:Shakespeare Tempest)
Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous.
(quote-book)
A fashionable young man who is polite and attentive to women.
(RQ:Shakespeare Tempest) this gallant which thou see'st / Was in the wrack; and but he's something stain'd / with grief,—that beauty's canker,—thou mightst call him / A goodly person (..)
One who woos, a lover, a suitor, a seducer.

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(RQ:Fielding Tom Jones) they were discovered in a very improper manner by the husband of the gypsy, who, from jealousy it seems, had kept a watchful eye over his wife, and had dogged her to the place, where he found her in the arms of her gallant.
(RQ:Keats Otho the Great)
A topgallant.
To attend or wait on (a lady).

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