Etymology

galant

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Today it means: Of or relating to an 18th-century movement in visual arts and literature, opposing the strictures of the baroque style and emphasizing light, casual elegance. Full definition →

French galant
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  1. French · borrowed fromgalant
  2. French · borrowed fromgalant
  3. English todaygalant

Borrowed from French galant (“gallant”).

Words from the same roots

Frenchgalant all →

gallant

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