Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Galliard

Galliard , adjective

[Old English, from French gaillard, perh. of Celtic origin; compare Ir. & Gael. galach valiant, or Anglo-Saxon gagol, geagl, wanton, lascivious.]

Gay; brisk; active. [Obsolete]

Galliard , noun

A brisk, gay man. [Obsolete]
Selden is a galliard by himself. — Cleveland

Galliard , noun

[French gaillarde, compare Sp. gallarda. See Galliard, a.]

A gay, lively dance. Compare Gailliarde.
Never a hall such a galliard did grace. — Sir. W. Scott