Gallant, adj., gal· lant : courteously and elaborately attentive especially to ladies.  It says especially to ladies, which doesn’t mean exclusively, hence for our purposes we’re thinking of a much broader spectrum on the receiving end of gallantry. Also women are very well capable of acting rather gallantly, children too for that matter, I’ve met … More 10 Les Poissonchat’s Wondrous Advent Calendar – The Art of Gallantry