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
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.
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).
gillie (plural gillies)
(Scotland) A gill of an alcoholic drink. [from 1786]
Gillie (plural Gillies)
A surname.
• 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
12 June 2025
(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”
International Coffee Day (September 29) is an occasion to promote and celebrate coffee as a beverage, with events occurring in places across the world. A day to promote fair trade coffee and raise awareness for the coffee growers’ plight. Other countries celebrate this event on October 1.
