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’.