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courage with a bow tie — bravery that remembers to hold the door for danger.
means Brave, dashing conduct — especially courage shown with style, or courteous attentiveness toward others (often women).
from From French 'galanterie,' built on 'galant,' the present participle of Old French 'galer,' meaning to make merry, to revel, to enjoy oneself. So at its root gallantry is about showing off and having a good time — the swagger came first, and the bravery and chivalry were colors it later wore. 'Galer' is likely tied to a Germanic source for joy and high spirits, a distant cousin of words for being lively. The word arrived in English by the 16th century already double-coated: dashing courage on one side, polished courtesy on the other.
- medal worthy
- Britain awards a Gallantry Medal for civilian heroics
- old french
- From galant, meaning lively, dashing, spirited
- double life
- Means both battlefield valor and elaborate flirtation
- in dispatches
- Soldiers cited 'for gallantry' get permanent record honors
storming of the bastille — parisian revolutionaries breached the fortress on july 14, 1789, facing cannon fire with pikes and muskets
battle of thermopylae — 300 spartans held the mountain pass against 100,000+ persians in 480 bce, fighting to the death