or gil′ly
noun
pl. -·lies in the Scottish Highlands
- Archaic a male servant
- a sportsman's attendant or guide
Origin of gillie
Scottish from Gaelic gille, lad, pagegillie
gil·liealt. sp. of ghillie (sense )
Origin of gillie
variant, variety of gillyWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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gillie
also ghil·lie
noun
pl. gil·lies- Scots A professional fishing and hunting guide.
- A shoe with crisscrossed laces and no tongue, especially a low-cut, soft shoe used in dancing.
Origin of gillie
Scottish Gaelic gille boy, servant from Old Irish gilla from gildaeTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural gillies)
- (originally) male attendant on a Scottish Highland chief
- (Scottish and Irish) fishing and hunting guide
- The gillie still wore in kilt in his laird's clan tartan
- (Ireland, UK) A man or boy who attends to a person who is hunting or fishing in Scotland.
- (usually spelled ghillie) A low-cut type of shoe with decorative lacing.
Verb
(third-person singular simple present gillies, present participle gillying, simple past and past participle gillied)
- To be a gillie (a hunting or fishing guide) for (someone).
Origin
Scottish Gaelic gille, helper and Irish Gaelic giolla 'boy'
Origin
gill + -ie
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