Wild Geese

British  

noun

1. the Irish expatriates who served as professional soldiers with the Catholic powers of Europe, esp France, from the late 17th to the early 20th centuries

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Example Sentences

“Br-r-rother, Gandy,” I said, looking him over, “you must have had a terrible night. It looks like those wild geese down on the river really worked you over.”

From Literature

Wild geese are known for migrating in the autumn and the spring.

From Literature

It is still unclear where the teenager picked it up, although public health officials say genetic sequences shows it’s closely related to a virus found in wild geese in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley.

From Los Angeles Times

He was doing “The Wild Geese,” I remember, down in Tshipise in South Africa, and you’d get this message that your father was on the house master’s telephone.

From Los Angeles Times

A 2022 study of wild geese in Europe found that during crucial rest stops on their long migrations, many birds abandoned their sleeping sites on New Year’s Eve.

From New York Times