gallantry
Collocations
3(noun.)
ADJ
great, outstanding
VERB + GALLANTRY
demonstrate, show
The firefighter showed remarkable gallantry while rescuing people from the burning building.
GALLANTRY + NOUN
award, medal
Definitions
noun
courage.
1926, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend', Penguin, Harmondsworth: 1992, p 98. '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.'
Our men have fought with grim gallantry. The soldiers of the Republic of Korea have also been fighting fiercely.
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.
The Queen of Sheba has responded to Solomon's gallantry and accepted his one God . She is one who is ready to be guided . Her heart is open . The second part of the testing , the riddles , seem to be a more personal and human exchange .
an instance of gallant behaviour or speech.
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51926, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend', Penguin, Harmondsworth: 1992, p 98. 'I have the greatest respect for the young lady to whom you refer. She behaved on a certain recent occas
WiktionaryOur men have fought with grim gallantry. The soldiers of the Republic of Korea have also been fighting fiercely.
WiktionaryOf 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.
WiktionaryGrandeur and gallantry never appeared with more lustre in France, than in the last years of Henry the Second's reign.
Tatoeba · #839209Marital gallantry is a special art.
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