1 (old-fashioned or literary) brave, especially in a very difficult situation:
gallant soldiers / heroes * She made a gallant attempt to hide her tears.
2 (of a man) giving polite attention to women:
'I left her standing in the rain.' 'That wasn't very gallant of you.'
gallantly adverb:
She gallantly battled on alone. * He bowed and gallantly kissed my hand.
noun (old-fashioned) a fashionable young man, especially one who gives polite attention to women
