Noah Webster
Gallantry
GAL'LANTRY, noun
1. Splendor of appearance; show; magnificence; ostentatious finery. [Obsolete or obsolescent.]
2. Bravery; courageousness; heroism; intrepidity. The troops entered the fort with great gallantry
3. Nobleness; generosity.
4. Civility or polite attentions to ladies.
5. Vicious love or pretensions to love; civilities paid to females for the purpose of winning favors; hence, lewdness; debauchery.