galloglass

[gal-oh-glas, -glahs]

gal·lo·glass

[gal-oh-glas, -glahs]
noun Irish History.
a follower and supporter of or a soldier owing allegiance to an Irish chief.


Origin:
1505–15; < Irish gallóglách, equivalent to gall a stranger, foreigner + óglach a youth, soldier, servant, derivative of Old Irish óac, óc young
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Galloglass is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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galloglass or gallowglass (ˈɡæləʊˌɡlɑːs)
 
n
a heavily armed mercenary soldier, originally Hebridean (Gaelic-Norse), maintained by Irish and some other Celtic chiefs from about 1235 to the 16th century
 
[C16: from Irish Gaelic gallóglach, from gall foreigner + óglach, young warrior-servant, from og young + -lach a noun suffix]
 
gallowglass or gallowglass
 
n
 
[C16: from Irish Gaelic gallóglach, from gall foreigner + óglach, young warrior-servant, from og young + -lach a noun suffix]

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