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

Sir Roger Moore, with whom Finlay starred in the 1978 film The Wild Geese - alongside Richard Burton and Richard Harris - called him "a great co-star" as he paid tribute on Twitter.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2016

After they caught the bad guys, instead of giving them a beating, as some cops did, the Wild Geese treated them “like members of a defeated softball team.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 15, 2015

Carmen, a nurse, is not one of Price’s more convincing fictional characters; like her Wild Geese rival for Billy’s affections, Yasmeen Assaf-Doyle, she is a hive of emotions buzzing about an empty core.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 9, 2015

There were roles in the TV series Smiley's People and war dramas such as Who Dares Wins and Wild Geese II, generally as a baddie.

From The Guardian • Nov. 24, 2010

The Bean Goose is, on the authority of Yarrell, next to the Brent Goose, the commonest and most numerous as a species among our Wild Geese.

From British Birds in their Haunts by Johns, Rev. C. A.