Chivalrous

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  • adjective. Having the qualities of gallantry and honor attributed to an ideal knight.
  • adjective. Of or relating to chivalry.
  • adjective. Characterized by consideration and courtesy, especially toward women.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to chivalry or knight-errantry.
  • Having the high qualities characteristic or supposed to be characteristic of chivalry; having or exhibiting high courages; knightly; gallant, magnanimous, etc.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Pertaining to chivalry or knight-errantry; warlike; heroic; gallant; high-spirited; high-minded; magnanimous.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. honourable, especially to women.
  • adjective. involving chivalry
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. being attentive to women like an ideal knight
  • Word Usage
    "Louis Mountbatten, the Commander, ordered the enemy crew, who had all safely abandoned ship, to be brought on board in chivalrous recognition of their treatment of the foundered Greeks."
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    courteous  
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