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# gallant

adjective (gallant, more gallant, most gallant); noun (a gallant, gallants — old)

«gallant» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Brave, especially in a fine, noble way: a gallant knight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gallant/#m1)
2. (of a man, old-fashioned) Very polite and kind to women. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gallant/#m2)
3. (old) Grand and splendid to look at: a gallant ship. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gallant/#m3)
4. (noun, old) a fashionable young man. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gallant/#m4)

### In the lessons

Found in stories of knights, soldiers and heroes, and in history. «A gallant effort» means a brave try, even if it failed — common in sports reports. In The Wind in the Willows the friends make a gallant attack to win back Toad Hall from the weasels.

### Examples

- The gallant knight rode to save the village. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gallant/#x1)
- The team made a gallant effort but lost. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gallant/#x2)
- He held the door open in a gallant way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gallant/#x3)
- The four friends made a gallant charge into Toad Hall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gallant/#x4)
- The gallant soldiers did not run away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gallant/#x5)
- Toad imagined himself as a gallant hero. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gallant/#x6)
- A gallant ship sailed into the harbour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gallant/#x7)

### Note

Say «GAL-ant» for brave; «ga-LANT» sometimes for the polite-to-women sense (old). Noun: gallantry (bravery). Adverb: gallantly.

## In Jewish tradition

Isaiah means a splendid, grand ship. It is used in a promise that no enemy ships will come against Jerusalem.

**Interpretation.** The commentators read this as a promise that God himself will protect Zion, so that no foe can attack it.

### Examples

- But there the LORD will be with us in majesty, in a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby. (Prophets ISA.33.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gallant/#x1)

### Note

Say «GAL-ant» for brave; «ga-LANT» sometimes for the polite-to-women sense (old). Noun: gallantry (bravery). Adverb: gallantly.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «gallant» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gallant/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«gallant» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/gallant.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «gallant» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gallant/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«gallant» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/gallant.html) on Mova free.