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gallantries

gallantries is the plural of gallantry.

Meaning of gallantry

Noun

gallantry (countable and uncountable, plural gallantries)

  1. courage.
    • 'I have the greatest respect for the young lady to whom you refer. She behaved on a certain recent occasion - on two recent occasions - with notable gallantry and resource, and I won't have her bally-ragged.'1926, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend', Penguin, Harmondsworth: 1992, p 98.
  2. chivalrous courtliness, especially towards women.
    • Of the three things that startle us in the feasts of nobles, there is not one here; no swords, no duels, no tables reeking blood. No faithless gallantries here bring dishonour on some intimate friend.1863, Jules Michelet, translated by Lionel J. Trotter, La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages
  3. an instance of gallant behaviour or speech.

Questions about gallantries

What is gallantries the plural of?
Gallantries is the plural of gallantry.

Words near gallantries in the dictionary

  1. gallantizes
  2. gallantizing
  3. gallantless
  4. gallantly
  5. gallantness
  6. gallantries
  7. gallantry
  8. gallantry show
  9. gallantry shows
  10. gallants
  11. gallanty show

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