English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "galant" is op 'n dapper, ridderlike of heldhaftige wyse. Dit impliseer dat jy moed, waardigheid of 'n gevoel van edelheid in 'n mens se optrede toon, veral in die aangesig van gevaar of moeilikheid. Die term kan ook verwys na om beleefd, hoflik of op 'n gentleman manier teenoor ander op te tree, veral teenoor vroue.

Synonyms

  1. chivalrously

Sentence Examples

  1. The fort also fell but the Turks had to win it inch by inch, for the soldiers who defended it fought so gallantly and stoutly that the number of the enemy killed in twenty-two general assaults exceeded twenty-five thousand.
  2. That he might make his appearance before his mistress in the true style of a cavalier, he borrowed a horse from the farmer with whom he was domiciliated, a choleric old Dutchman of the name of Hans Van Ripper, and, thus gallantly mounted, issued forth like a knight-errant in quest of adventures.
  3. This time, Faux Joe gallantly opens the front door for me, which makes me feel guilty for labeling him that.
  4. Never was an army conducted more gallantly to an expedition.
  5. He gallantly offered the right-hand seat to Beppo, and sat by him.