Hypertext Webster Gateway: "chivalrous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
chivalrous
adj : having the qualities of gallantry attributed to an ideal
knight [syn: {gallant}, {knightly}]
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