"galant" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: Borrowed from French galant (“gallant”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|galant||gallant}} French galant (“gallant”) Head templates: {{en-adj|?}} galant
  1. (historical, music, art) Of or relating to an 18th-century movement in visual arts and literature, opposing the strictures of the baroque style and emphasizing light, casual elegance. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Art, Music
    Sense id: en-galant-en-adj-2qJ5XXNo Topics: art, arts, entertainment, lifestyle, music
  2. (music) Of or relating to a musical movement, principally during the transition from the Baroque to the Classical period, a few decades either side of 1750, involving the use of more classically simplistic traits in comparison to the highly embellished and texturally complex precedent in the Baroque period. Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-galant-en-adj-EwKQKEgc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 0 1 0 2 11 1 0 1 0 15 15 15 15 1 0 15 1 6 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Galante Related terms: rococo

Alternative forms

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