GAL'LANTRY, noun 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.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI