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Kerns vs Gallowglass - What's the difference?

kerns | gallowglass |

As nouns the difference between kerns and gallowglass

is that kerns is plural of lang=en while gallowglass is 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.

As a verb kerns

is third-person singular of kern.

kerns

English

Noun

(head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (kern)

    • Anagrams

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    gallowglass

    English

    (wikipedia gallowglass)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A mercenary warrior 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.
  • * ~1603 , William Shakespeare, Macbeth , Act I, scene I:
    • The multiplying villanies of nature / Do swarm upon him--from the western isles/ Of kerns and gallowglasses is supplied.