Galloglass

Word GALLOGLASS
Character 10
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Definitions and meanings of "Galloglass"

What do we mean by galloglass?

An armed retainer or mercenary who serves an Irish chieftain. noun

See gallowglass. noun

A mercenary warrior élite among Gaelic-Norse clans residing in the Western Isles of Scotland and Scottish Highlands from the mid 13th century to the end of the 16th century.

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The word "galloglass" in example sentences

I knew that his galloglass, Scott Egan, is a reader as he has posted before. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Malin Head to Cape Clear all Ireland was in a wild buzz of excitement, and every fighting kern and galloglass clutched his pike with a sense of coming triumph. ❋ Emily Lawless (1879)

_galloglass_, or heavily armed foot soldier, called ❋ Thomas D'Arcy McGee (1846)

` soothsayer, 'galloglass, Irish and Gaelic galloglach ` foreign youth,' which took on the meaning of ` soldier, 'glen from Irish and Gaelic gleann, earlier glenn ` mountain-valley,' kern from Old Irish ceitern ` band of foot-soldiers, 'leprechaun from Irish lupracan ` sprite,' loch from Irish loch ❋ Unknown (1975)

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