gillie
or gil·ly
Scot.
a hunting or fishing guide.
a male attendant or personal servant to a Highland chieftain.
Origin of gillie
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How to use gillie in a sentence
Instantly, a gillie incongruously in a flower-seller's dress, she was on her feet and walking a little ahead.
Mushroom Town | Oliver OnionsThere have been anglers who, when the salmon was once on, handed him over to the gillie to play and land.
Angling Sketches | Andrew LangThe gillie put us across Loch Rannoch in the dusk of the next day, and gave us his opinion as to our best route.
Kidnapped | Robert Louis StevensonWe pile them in a heap for the gillie to collect as he comes along.
Twenty-Six Years Reminiscences of Scotch Grouse Moors | William Alexander AdamsIndignant gillie (to Jones, of London, who has by mistake killed a hind).
Mr. Punch in the Highlands | Various
British Dictionary definitions for gillie
ghillie or gilly
/ (ˈɡɪlɪ) /
an attendant or guide for hunting or fishing
(formerly) a Highland chieftain's male attendant or personal servant
Origin of gillie
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