Chivalrous

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003)

chivalrous adjective Date: 14th century 1. valiant 2. of, relating to, or characteristic of chivalry and knight-errantry 3. a. marked by honor, generosity, and courtesy b. marked by gracious courtesy and high-minded consideration especially to women Synonyms: see civil • chivalrously adverb • chivalrousness noun


Oxford English Reference Dictionary

chivalrous
adj.
1 (usu. of a male) gallant, honourable, courteous.
2 involving or showing chivalry.
Derivatives:
chivalrously adv.
Etymology: ME f. OF chevalerous: see CHEVALIER


Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

chivalrous A chivalrous man is polite, kind, and unselfish, especially towards women. He was handsome, upright and chivalrous. ADJ [approval]


English Explanatory Dictionary

chivalrous ˈʃɪvəlrəs adj. 1 (usu. of a male) gallant, honourable, courteous. 2 involving or showing chivalry. øøchivalrously adv. [ME f. OF chevalerous: see CHEVALIER]


English-Old English dictionary

chivalrous
eorlic


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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. In brave pursuit of chivalrous emprise. --Spenser.


Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

chivalrous n. 1. Gallant, adventurous, valiant, brave, warlike, bold, knightly. 2. High-minded, generous, gallant, magnanimous, knightly.


English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms)

chivalrous ˈʃɪvəlrəs adj. courtly, gracious, courteous, polite, gallant, noble, knightly, gentlemanly, considerate, kind, charitable, magnanimous: It was quite chivalrous of you to drive me home.


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