{
    "term": "gallant",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "brave, especially in a very difficult situation",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned or literary)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "gallant soldiers"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She made a gallant attempt to hide her tears."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "heroic",
            "topics": ["Personal qualities"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "giving polite attention to women",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘I left her standing in the rain.’ ‘That wasn’t very gallant of you.’"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɡælənt/",
                "audio": "ga/gallant/gallant__gb_8.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɡælənt/",
                "audio": "ga/gallant/gallant__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘finely dressed’): from Old French galant, from galer ‘have fun, make a show’, from gale ‘pleasure, rejoicing’."
}