GILLIE

ghillie, gillie

(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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THOUGHTFULLY

(adverb) showing consideration and thoughtfulness; “he had thoughtfully brought with him some food to share”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.

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