Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GAL-LANT', n.

1. A gay, sprightly man; a courtly or fashionable man. – Shak.
2. A man who is polite and attentive to ladies; one who attends upon ladies at parties, or to places of amusement.
3. A wooer; a lover; a suitor.
4. In an ill sense, one who caresses a woman for lewd purposes.