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gillie(1) (iou)



gillie noun1. Orig. Scot. Also ghillie, gilly. L17.
[Gaelic gille = Irish giolla lad, servant.]
Hist. An attendant on a Highland chief. Earliest in gillie-wetfoot (derog.), the servant who carried a chief across a stream. L17.
A man or boy attending a person hunting or fishing, esp. in Scotland. M19.
R. Macaulay Sir Angus..knew all their names,..those of the ponies, the gillies, the keepers.