verb
- past tense of gallant; acted as a gallant escort or companion, especially to a woman
Usage: archaic; formal
Examples
- He gallanted the duchess to the royal ball.
- The young officer gallanted several ladies during the social season.
- In Victorian times, gentlemen gallanted their female companions to public events.
- The nobleman gallanted his wife to the opera house.
- He gallanted her through the garden party with perfect manners.