gillie

[gil-ee]

gil·lie

[gil-ee]
noun
1.
Scot.
a.
a hunting or fishing guide.
b.
a male attendant or personal servant to a Highland chieftain.
Also, gilly.


Origin:
1590–1600; < Scots Gaelic gille lad, servant
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Gillie is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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gillie, ghillie or gilly (ˈɡɪlɪ)
 
n , pl -lies
1.  an attendant or guide for hunting or fishing
2.  (formerly) a Highland chieftain's male attendant or personal servant
 
[C17: from Scottish Gaelic gille boy, servant]
 
ghillie, ghillie or gilly
 
n
 
[C17: from Scottish Gaelic gille boy, servant]
 
gilly, ghillie or gilly
 
n
 
[C17: from Scottish Gaelic gille boy, servant]

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