gallant

Adjective

• being attentive to women like an ideal knight

• having or displaying great dignity or nobility
  • a gallant pageant
    
  • lofty ships
    
  • majestic cities
    
  • proud alpine peaks
    

• lively and spirited
  • a dashing hero
    

• unflinching in battle or action
  • a gallant warrior
    
  • put up a gallant resistance to the attackers
    

Noun

• a man who attends or escorts a woman

• a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  chivalrous , knightly , lofty , majestic , proud , dashing , squire , dandy , dude , fop , sheik , beau , swell , fashion plate , clotheshorse