gallant

<font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica"> <p> <strong> <font color="#000066">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 12, 2021 is:</font> </strong> </p> <p> <strong>gallant</strong> &#149; \GAL-unt\&nbsp; &#149; <em>adjective</em><br /> <p><strong>1 :</strong> showy in dress or bearing <strong>:</strong> <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smart">smart</a></p> <p><strong>2 a :</strong> <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/splendid">splendid</a>, <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stately">stately</a></p> <p><strong>b :</strong> <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spirited">spirited</a>, <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brave">brave</a></p> <p><strong>c :</strong> nobly chivalrous and often self-sacrificing</p> <p><strong>3 :</strong> courteously and elaborately attentive</p> </p> <p> <strong>Examples:</strong><br /> <p>"But travel-stained though he was, he was well and even richly attired, and without being overdressed looked a <em>gallant</em> gentleman." — <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_St_Petersburg_English_Review_of_Lite/m70IAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&amp;gbpv=1&amp;dq=%22he+was+well+and+even+richly+attired%22&amp;pg=PA477&amp;printsec=frontcover">Charles Dickens, <em>Barnaby Rudge</em>, 1841</a></p> <p>"A <em>gallant</em> collection of four seniors, one junior and one freshman combined to score 268 of the Bruins' 278.5 points in their surge to second place in the team standings." — <a href="https://www.examiner-enterprise.com/story/sports/2021/02/27/bartlesville-high-swimming-boys-catapult-to-2nd-girls-show-grit/6838270002/">Mike Tupa, <em>The Bartlesville (Oklahoma) Examiner-Enterprise</em>, 27 Feb. 2021</a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Did you know?</strong><br /> <p><em>Gallant</em> exists in modern English primarily as an adjective, but it entered the language first as a noun. In the 14th century, when tales of <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dicti