chiel
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of chiel
C14: a Scot variant of child
Example Sentences
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Yes of course I am as jocund and elated as the next chiel at the success of Andy Murray and Chris Hoy and all those nice rowers and sailors.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 13, 2012
According to plan, she had mined England's chiel colonial ports, including Singapore.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dundas is pretty well forgotten by this time: probably he will by and by be remembered solely by Burns's description of him: That slee, auld-farrant chiel Dundas.
From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Daniel Turner Holmes
"Auld lang syne and Scots who ha'e; but gang awa' wi' Heeland laddie thegither o' John Anderson my Jo; and, moreover, we'll tak' a right gude willie wacht for muckle twa and braw chiel."
From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 by R. H. (Robert Henry) Newell
"My senses wad be in a creel, Should I but dare a hope to speel Wi' Allan, or wi' Gilbertfield, The braes o' fame; Or Ferguson, the writer chiel, A deathless name."
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
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