GAL'LANTRY, n. 1. Splendor of appearance; show; magnificence; ostentatious finery. [Obsolete or obsolescent.]2. Bravery; courageousness; heroism; intrepidity. The troops entered the fort with great gallantry.3. Nobleness; generosity.4. Civility or polite attentions to ladies.5. Vicious love or pretensions to love; civilities paid to females for the purpose of winning favors; hence, lewdness; debauchery.
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