Antonyms for gallants

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : adjective gal-uhnt for 1, 3, 4; guh-lant, -lahnt, gal-uhnt for 2, 5; noun guh-lant, -lahnt, gal-uhnt; verb guh-lant, -lahnt

Phonetic Transcription : adjective ˈgæl ənt for 1, 3, 4; gəˈlænt, -ˈlɑnt, ˈgæl ənt for 2, 5; noun gəˈlænt, -ˈlɑnt, ˈgæl ənt; verb gəˈlænt, -ˈlɑnt

Definition of gallants

Origin : 1550s, "showily," from gallant + -ly (2). Meaning "with exaggerated courtesy" is from 1610s.

As in philanderer : noun person who has many love affairs
As in chevalier : noun gentleman
As in knight : noun noble person
As in Romeo : noun male lover
As in lady-killer : noun philanderer
As in escort : noun protection; accompaniment
As in hero/heroine : noun brave person; champion
As in court : verb fawn over, pay attention to

Example sentences :

Monarchs and heroes, sages and lovers, these gallants are not.
Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

But 'tis not my teachings will corrupt the gallants of Whitehall.
Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill

Come, lad,” said he, “look not glum; our gallants will have their jest.
Extract from : « Sir Ludar » by Talbot Baines Reed

But toil was hard, for trade was good, And gallants sometimes will be rude.
Extract from : « The Bon Gaultier Ballads » by William Edmonstoune Aytoun

Le Gardeur was like none of the gallants you compare him with!
Extract from : « The Golden Dog » by William Kirby

Some were met by gallants, some arrived at the veranda unescorted.
Extract from : « The Flaming Jewel » by Robert W. Chambers

If any of the gallants or ladies should say, 'Let us drink,' they would all drink.
Extract from : « Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 1, March 1906 » by Various

Remember that the only homage that does not sully must be that which these gallants will not give thee.
Extract from : « Zanoni » by Edward Bulwer Lytton

If any of the gallants or ladies should say, Let us drink, they would all drink.
Extract from : « Classic French Course in English » by William Cleaver Wilkinson

But if these gallants were sedulous, she was correspondingly indifferent.
Extract from : « Under the Rose » by Frederic Stewart Isham

Synonyms for gallants

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