gillie

== English == === Etymology 1 === 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”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) enPR: gĭlʹē, IPA(key): /ˈɡɪli/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɪli/ Rhymes: -ɪli Hyphenation: gil‧lie ==== Noun ==== gillie (plural gillies) (Scotland, originally) A male attendant of a Scottish Highland chief. (UK, Ireland, Scotland) A fishing and hunting guide; a man or boy who attends to a person who is fishing or hunting, especially in Scotland. ===== Alternative forms ===== ghillie gilly ===== Derived terms ===== ghillie suit, gillie suit gillie-casflue gillie-wetfoot ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== gillie (third-person singular simple present gillies, present participle gillying, simple past and past participle gillied) (intransitive) To be a gillie, a fishing or hunting guide, for (someone). === Etymology 2 === 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. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) enPR: jĭlʹē, IPA(key): /ˈdʒɪli/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒili/ Rhymes: -ɪli Hyphenation: gil‧lie ==== Noun ==== gillie (plural gillies) (Scotland) A gill of an alcoholic drink. [from 1786] === Further reading === gillie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia