chivalrous
adjective/ˈʃɪvəlrəs/
/ˈʃɪvəlrəs/
- (of men) polite, kind and behaving with honour, especially towards women synonym gallant
- I was only trying to be chivalrous.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryChivalrous is used with these nouns:- knight
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘characteristic of a medieval knight’): from Old French chevalerous, from chevalier from medieval Latin caballarius, from Latin caballus ‘horse’.Definitions on the go
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