name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
gillie
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈɡɪli/
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rhymes with -ɪli
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Received-Pronunciation: gĭlʹē
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪli/
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General-American: /ˈɡɪli/
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Received-Pronunciation: jĭlʹē
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɪli/
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General-American: /ˈd͡ʒili/
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CMU ARPABET: G IH1 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A male attendant of a Scottish Highland chief.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
Qualifier: originally
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noun
Meaning 3
A fishing and hunting guide; a man or boy who attends to a person who is fishing or hunting, especially in Scotland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, Scotland, UK
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noun
Meaning 4
A gill of an alcoholic drink.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
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verb
Meaning 5
To be a gillie, a fishing or hunting guide, for (someone).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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noun
Meaning 6
a shoe without a tongue and with decorative lacing up the instep
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: ghillie
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shoe
noun
Meaning 7
a young male attendant on a Scottish Highlander chief
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: attendant, attender, tender
History
Etymology
From Scottish Gaelic gille (“helper”), from Middle Irish gilla (“youth, young man; boy, male child; messenger, page, servant”), possibly borrowed from Old Norse gildr (“brawny, stout; of full worth”). Compare Irish giolla (“boy”).
From gill (“drink measure for spirits”) + -ie; probably a nonce word coined by Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759–1796) to maintain the rhyme in a poem entitled On a Scotch Bard Gone to the West Indies, first published in 1786: see the quotation.
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Irish: giolla — fishing and hunting guide
- Russian: помощник охотника — fishing and hunting guide
- Russian: рыбака — fishing and hunting guide