ghillie
Americannoun
noun
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a type of tongueless shoe with lacing up the instep, originally worn by the Scots
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a variant spelling of gillie
Etymology
Origin of ghillie
1590–1600; see gillie; apparently a type of shoe originally worn by Scottish hunting guides
Example Sentences
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The Glasgow-born actor played the loyal ghillie of the fictional Highland estate Glenbogle in all 64 episodes of the popular BBC Scotland series between 2000 and 2005.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
The medallion of venison on my plate came from a deer shot by one of the restaurant’s waiters who spends summers as a ghillie, a hunting and fishing guide.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
His filthy clothes were torn into vertical strips, like one of the ghillie suits hunters and military snipers use for camouflage.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2025
A ghillie suit, a full-body camouflage suit worn by hunters or military snipers.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2022
The Sir James Colquhoun who—with four of his keepers and a ghillie boy—was drowned in Loch Lomond, nearly seventeen years ago, was a widower with an only son, the present baronet.
From Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches by Black, Helen C.
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