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GILLIE

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• GILLIE (noun)
The noun GILLIE has 2 senses:

1. a young male attendant on a Scottish Highlander chief
2. a shoe without a tongue and with decorative lacing up the instep

Familiarity information: GILLIE used as a noun is rare.

• GILLIE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A young male attendant on a Scottish Highlander chief

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("gillie" is a kind of...):

attendant; attender; tender (someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A shoe without a tongue and with decorative lacing up the instep

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

ghillie; gillie

Hypernyms ("gillie" is a kind of...):

shoe (footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material)

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