Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Galliard \Gal"liard\, n.
   A brisk, gay man. [Obs.]

         Selden is a galliard by himself.         --Cleveland.

Galliard \Gal"liard\, n. [F. gaillarde, cf. Sp. gallarda. See
   {Galliard}, a.]
   A gay, lively dance. Cf. {Gailliarde}.

         Never a hall such a galliard did grace.  --Sir. W.
                                                  Scott.

Galliard \Gal"liard\, a. [OE., fr. F. gaillard, perh. of Celtic
   origin; cf. Ir. & Gael. galach valiant, or AS. gagol, geagl,
   wanton, lascivious.]
   Gay; brisk; active. [Obs.]