gallantries

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gallantries - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Gallantry \Gal"lant*ry\, n.; pl. Gallantries. [F. galanterie.]
     1. Splendor of appearance; ostentatious finery. [Archaic]
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              Guess the gallantry of our church by this . . . when
              the desk whereon the priest read was inlaid with
              plates of silver.                     --Fuller.
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     2. Bravery; intrepidity; as, the troops behaved with great
        gallantry.
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     3. Civility or polite attention to ladies; in a bad sense,
        attention or courtesy designed to win criminal favors from
        a female; freedom of principle or practice with respect to
        female virtue; intrigue.
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     4. Gallant persons, collectively. [R.]
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              Helenus, Antenor, and all the gallantry of Troy.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     Syn: See Courage, and Heroism.
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