Gillie vs Millie - What's the difference?
gillie | millie |
(originally) male attendant on a Scottish Highland chief
(Scottish and Irish) fishing and hunting guide
(Ireland, British) A man or boy who attends to a person who is hunting or fishing in Scotland.
To be a gillie (a hunting or fishing guide ) for (someone).
A diminutive of the female given names Mildred, Millicent, Emily, Amelia and Camilla, also used as a formal given name.
As nouns the difference between gillie and millie
is that gillie is (originally) male attendant on a scottish highland chief or gillie can be (scotland) a gill of an alcoholic drink while millie is (northern ireland, 19th century, pejorative or affectionate) a mill-worker, usually a young, industrybbc newsline broadcast 27th of may 2010.As a verb gillie
is to be a gillie (a hunting or fishing guide ) for (someone).gillie
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Alternative forms
* ghillie * gillyEtymology 1
(wikipedia gillie) Scottish Gaelic gille , helper and Irish Gaelic giolla 'boy'Noun
(en noun)- ''The gillie still wore in kilt in his laird's clan tartan