gallantry
Noun
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Noun
gallantry
- courage
- 1926, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend', Penguin, Harmondsworth: 1992, p 98.
- 'I have the greatest respect for the young lady to whom you refer. She behaved on a certain recent occasion - on two recent occasions - with notable gallantry and resource, and I won't have her bally-ragged.'
- 1926, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend', Penguin, Harmondsworth: 1992, p 98.
- chivalrous courtliness, especially towards women
- an instance of gallant behaviour or speech
- French: courage
- German: Tapferkeit
- Italian: galanteria
- Russian: хра́брость
- Spanish: coraje, valor
- French: galanterie
- Russian: гала́нтность
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