gillie
A male attendant of a Scottish Highland chiefA male attendant of a Scottish Highland chief.
Meaning
3 senses(Scotland)A male attendant of a Scottish Highland chief.
a young male attendant on a Scottish Highlander chief
(Ireland, Scotland, UK)A fishing and hunting guide; a man or boy who attends to a person who is fishing or hunting, especially in Scotland.
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(Scotland)A gill of an alcoholic drink.
Translations
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Origin
From Scottish Gaelic gille (“helper”), from Middle Irish gilla (“youth, young man; boy, maFrom Scottish Gaelic gille (“helper”), from Middle Irish gilla (“youth, young man; boy, male child; messenger, page, servant”), possibly borrowed from Old Norse gildr (“brawny, stout; of full worth”). Compare Irish giolla (“boy”).
From gill (“drink measure for spirits”) + -ie; probably a nonce word coined by Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759–1796) to maintain the rhyme in a poem entitled On a Scotch Bard Gone to the West Indies, first published in 1786: see the quotation.
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Forms
plural: gilliesSynonyms
1 synonyms- a shoe without a tongue and with decorative lacing up the instep:ghillie