Valiant vs. Gallant
Valiantadjective
Possessing or showing courage or determination; brave, heroic.
Gallantadjective
Brave, valiant.
Valiantadjective
Characterized by or done with bravery or valour.
Gallantadjective
honorable.
Valiantnoun
(obsolete) A person who acts with valour, showing hero-like characteristics in the midst of danger.
Gallantadjective
grand, noble.
Valiantadjective
Vigorous in body; strong; powerful; as, a valiant fencer.
Gallantadjective
(obsolete) Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed.
Valiantadjective
Intrepid in danger; courageous; brave.
‘A valiant and most expert gentleman.’; ‘And Saul said to David . . . be thou valiant for me, and fight the Lord's battles.’;
Gallantadjective
Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous.
Valiantadjective
Performed with valor or bravery; heroic.
‘[The saints] have made such valiant confessions.’;
Gallantnoun
(dated) A fashionable young man who is polite and attentive to women.
Valiantadjective
having or showing valor;
‘a valiant attempt to prevent the hijack’; ‘a valiant soldier’;
Gallantnoun
One who woos, a lover, a suitor, a seducer.
Gallantnoun
(nautical) topgallant
Gallantverb
To attend or wait on (a lady).
‘to gallant ladies to the play’;
Gallantverb
To handle with grace or in a modish manner.
‘to gallant a fan’;
Gallantadjective
Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed.
‘The town is built in a very gallant place.’; ‘Our royal, good and gallant ship.’;
Gallantadjective
Noble in bearing or spirit; brave; high-spirited; courageous; heroic; magnanimous; as, a gallant youth; a gallant officer.
‘That gallant spirit hath aspired the clouds.’; ‘The gay, the wise, the gallant, and the grave.’;
Gallantadjective
Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous.
Gallantnoun
A man of mettle or spirit; a gay, fashionable man; a young blood.
Gallantnoun
One fond of paying attention to ladies.
Gallantnoun
One who wooes; a lover; a suitor; in a bad sense, a seducer.
Gallantverb
To attend or wait on, as a lady; as, to gallant ladies to the play.
Gallantverb
To handle with grace or in a modish manner; as, to gallant a fan.
Gallantnoun
a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
Gallantnoun
a man who attends or escorts a woman
Gallantadjective
unflinching in battle or action;
‘a gallant warrior’; ‘put up a gallant resistance to the attackers’;
Gallantadjective
lively and spirited;
‘a dashing hero’;
Gallantadjective
having or displaying great dignity or nobility;
‘a gallant pageant’; ‘lofty ships’; ‘majestic cities’; ‘proud alpine peaks’;
Gallantadjective
having the qualities of gallantry attributed to an ideal knight
