chivalrous

adj

Etymology: From Middle English chivalerous, from Old French chevalerous; see chivalry.

1. Honourable, especially to women; gallant.

   “Among boys there are laws of honour and chivalrous codes, not written, or formally taught, but intuitively understood by all, and invariably acted upon by the loyal and the true.”

   ““I would then never have known what minute, or by whom, I was to be attacked next. But the brutes are more chivalrous than man—they do not stoop to cowardly intrigue.””

2. Involving chivalry.