Definition of "galliard" in English

noun

1. A lively dance, popular in 16th- and 17th-century Europe.

2. (music) The triple-time music for this dance.

3. (dated) A brisk, merry person.

4. (uncountable, Continental printing, dated) An intermediate size of type alternatively equated with brevier (by Didot points) or bourgeois (by Fournier points and by size).

adjective

1. (dated) Gay; brisk; active.