gillie

Meanings

1. A male attendant of a Scottish Highland chief.
2. A fishing and hunting guide; a man or boy who attends to a person who is fishing or hunting, especially in Scotland.

1. To be a gillie, a fishing or hunting guide, for (someone).

1. A gill of an alcoholic drink.

1. A surname.

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”).