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[syn: chivalrous, gallant, knightly]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Chivalrous \Chiv"al*rous\, a. [OF. chevalerus, chevalereus, fr.
chevalier. See Chivalry.]
Pertaining to chivalry or knight-errantry; warlike; heroic;
gallant; high-spirited; high-minded; magnanimous.
[1913 Webster]
In brave pursuit of chivalrous emprise. --Spenser.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
chivalrous
adj 1: being attentive to women like an ideal knight [syn:
chivalrous, gallant, knightly]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
74 Moby Thesaurus words for "chivalrous":
aristocratic, benevolent, big, bighearted, bold, bold-spirited,
brave, ceremonious, charitable, chivalric, considerate, courageous,
courteous, courtly, doughty, ducal, elevated, exalted, formal,
gallant, generous, genteel, gentle, gentlemanlike, gentlemanly,
gracious, great, great of heart, greathearted, handsome, hardy,
heroic, herolike, high, high-minded, idealistic, intrepid,
ironhearted, kind, kinglike, kingly, knightlike, knightly,
ladylike, largehearted, liberal, lionhearted, lofty, magnanimous,
manful, manly, noble, noble-minded, of gentle blood, of rank,
old-fashioned, old-world, openhanded, patrician, polite,
princelike, princely, queenlike, queenly, quite the lady,
soldierlike, soldierly, stalwart, stout, stouthearted, sublime,
titled, valiant, valorous