Noun: gallantry
| Singular | gallantry |
| Plural | gallantries |
Sample Sentences
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1926, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend', Penguin, Harmondsworth: 1992, p 98.
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'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.'
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Our men have fought with grim gallantry. The soldiers of the Republic of Korea have also been fighting fiercely. [1950 September 1, Harry S. Truman, 1:27 from the start, in MP72-73 Korea and World Peace: President Truman Reports to the People, Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives Identifier: 595162:]
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Of the three things that startle us in the feasts of nobles, there is not one here; no swords, no duels, no tables reeking blood. No faithless gallantries here bring dishonour on some intimate friend. [1863, Jules Michelet, translated by Lionel J. Trotter, La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages:]
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The Queen of Sheba has responded to Solomon's gallantry and accepted his one God . She is one who is ready to be guided . Her heart is open . The second part of the testing , the riddles , seem to be a more personal and human exchange . [1993, Barbara Black Koltuv, Solomon & Sheba: Inner Marriage and Individuation, Nicholas-Hays, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 80:]
Nouns inflected like gallantry
clitoridectomy,
royal jelly,
whoopsy,
surrogacy,
urinary,
rastrography,
renoscopy,
sourtop blueberry,
forcible entry,
superficiary,
lipidosity,
potability,
phonography,
hyperproperty,
greenery,
conjugality,
ring singularity,
Brittany,
ignobility,
obscurity, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From French galanterie, equivalent to gallant + -ry. See: French Nouns '
galanterie'.