GALLANT

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gallant I. adjectiv

1. (azi numai despre îmbrăcăminte) elegant, distins.

2. (poetic) frumos, măret, minunat, splendid, impunător.

3. curajos, viteaz, brav.

4. galant, politicos, curtenitor (faţă de femei).

5. galant, amoros;

gallant epistle scrisoare de dragoste.

gallant II. substantiv

1. om de lume, cavaler.

2. amant.

gallant III. verb A. tranzitiv

a însoti, a conduce (o doamnă), a fi cavalerul (unei doamne).

gallant III. verb B. verb intranzitiv

a fi cavaler galant, a face pe galantul; a face curte.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

“This man is almost too gallant to be in love,” thought Emma.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

Then your father was a man of good counsel, said she, and you cannot carry out his will better than by going on this path, where all that is noble and gallant in England will be your companions.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The general attended her himself to the street-door, saying everything gallant as they went downstairs, admiring the elasticity of her walk, which corresponded exactly with the spirit of her dancing, and making her one of the most graceful bows she had ever beheld, when they parted.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

But this good old Mr. Woodhouse, I wish you had heard his gallant speeches to me at dinner.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

For my part, I believe that there are so many worthy knights and gallant gentlemen in heaven who know how such things should be arranged, that there is little fear that we shall find ourselves mixed up with base roturiers and swine-herds.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

When I rose there was the Socman himself by my side, with the news that I was on his land, but with so many courteous words besides, and such gallant bearing, that he prevailed upon me to come to his house for shelter, there to wait until the page return.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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