GILLIE

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(noun) a shoe without a tongue and with decorative lacing up the instep

gillie

(noun) a young male attendant on a Scottish Highlander chief

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

gillie (plural gillies)

(Scotland, originally) A male attendant of a Scottish Highland chief.

(Britain, Ireland, Scotland) A fishing and hunting guide; a man or boy who attends to a person who is fishing or hunting, especially in Scotland.

Verb

gillie (third-person singular simple present gillies, present participle gillying, simple past and past participle gillied)

(intransitive) To be a gillie, a fishing or hunting guide, for (someone).

Etymology 2

Noun

gillie (plural gillies)

(Scotland) A gill of an alcoholic drink. [from 1786]

Proper noun

Gillie (plural Gillies)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gillie is the 20818th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1268 individuals. Gillie is most common among White (77.21%) and Black/African American (18.77%) individuals.

Source: Wiktionary


Gil"lie Gil"ly, n. Etym: [Gael. gille, giolla, boy, lad.]

Definition: A boy or young man; a manservant; a male attendant, in the Scottish Highlands. Sir W. Scott.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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