gallant vs matey

gallant

adj
  • Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous. 

  • grand, noble. 

  • Brave, valiant. 

  • honorable. 

noun
  • A topgallant. 

  • One who woos, a lover, a suitor, a seducer. 

verb
  • To conduct, escort, convey. 

matey

adj
  • Sociable or friendly. 

noun
  • A dockyard worker. 

  • A fellow sailor; often used affectedly, especially when portraying a pirate. 

How often have the words gallant and matey occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )