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Word: Gillie
Speech Type: Noun
late 16th century: from Scottish Gaelic gille ‘lad, servant’. The word was also found in the term gilliewetfoot, denoting a servant who carried the chief over a stream, used as a contemptuous name by Lowlanders for the follower of a Highland chief. gillie (sense 2) dates from the 1930s
ˈɡɪli
(in Scotland) a man or boy who attends someone on a hunting or fishing expedition.
Short Definition:(in Scotland) man or boy who attends someone on hunting or fishing expedition
a type of shoe with laces along the instep and no tongue, used especially for Scottish country dancing.
Short Definition:type of shoe with laces along instep and no tongue
- ghillie
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