galloglass
noun
a follower and supporter of or a soldier owing allegiance to an Irish chief.
gallowglass
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a variation of
galloglass.
Example Sentences
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The kern or cateran of the Highlands was a light-armed infantryman, as opposed to the heavy-armed "gallowglass."
From Lady of the Lake by William Vaughn Moody
The fourth degree is a gallowglass, using a kind of poll-axe for his weapon, strong, robust men, chiefly feeding on beef, pork, and butter.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 323, July 19, 1828 by Various
He may have been seventy years of age, yet his face was knit as hard as a warrior’s of thirty, and he stepped out as lissom and quick as his youngest gallowglass.
From Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess by Talbot Baines Reed
On every mountaineer, strangers to flight and fear; Rush to the standard of dauntless Red Hugh Bonnaught and gallowglass, throng from each mountain pass.
From Three Wonder Plays by Lady Gregory
