English

Alternative forms

• ghillie
• gilly

Pronunciation

• enPR: gĭlʹē, IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪli/
• Rhymes: -ɪli

Noun

gillie ‎(plural gillies)

1. (originally) Male attendant on a Scottish Highland chief.
2. (Scottish and Irish) Fishing and hunting guide.

   The gillie still wore in kilt in his laird's clan tartan

3. (Ireland, Britain) A man or boy who attends to a person who is hunting or fishing in Scotland.

Translations

Derived terms

• gillie-casflue
• gillie suit
• gillie-wetfoot

Verb

gillie ‎(third-person singular simple present gillies, present participle gillying, simple past and past participle gillied)

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

Etymology 2

gill + -ie

Pronunciation

• enPR: jĭlʹē, IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɪli/
• Rhymes: -ɪli

Noun

gillie ‎(plural gillies)

1. (Scotland) A gill of an alcoholic drink.