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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Chivalrous \Chiv"al*rous\, adjective [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) 2.0 [wn]:
chivalrous
adjective: having the qualities of gallantry attributed to an ideal knight [syn: {gallant}, {knightly}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
74 Moby Thesaurus words for "chivalrous": aristocratic, benevolent, big, bighearted, bold, bold-spirited, brave, ceremonious, charitable, chivalric, considerate, courageous, courteous, courtly, doughty, ducal, elevated, exalted, formal, gallant, generous, genteel, gentle, gentlemanlike, gentlemanly, gracious, great, great of heart, greathearted, handsome, hardy, heroic, herolike, high, high-minded, idealistic, intrepid, ironhearted, kind, kinglike, kingly, knightlike, knightly, ladylike, largehearted, liberal, lionhearted, lofty, magnanimous, manful, manly, noble, noble-minded, of gentle blood, of rank, old-fashioned, old-world, openhanded, patrician, polite, princelike, princely, queenlike, queenly, quite the lady, soldierlike, soldierly, stalwart, stout, stouthearted, sublime, titled, valiant, valorous
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