1. (n.) Splendor of appearance; ostentatious finery.
2. (n.) Bravery; intrepidity; as, the troops behaved with great gallantry.
3. (n.) 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. (n.) Gallant persons, collectively.
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