ghillie

We have found lemma(root) word of ghillie : gillie.

Definitions


[ˈɡɪli], (Noun)

Definitions:
- (in Scotland) a man or boy who attends someone on a hunting or fishing expedition

- a type of shoe with laces along the instep and no tongue, used especially for Scottish country dancing


Phrases:

Origin:
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 dates from the 1930s




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