English Dictionary

gillie

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɡɪli/

名詞

スコットランド英語 イギリス英語 アイルランド英語

(Scotland, originally) A male attendant of a Scottish Highland chief.

日本語の意味

スコットランド起源のハイランド族長の男性の付添人、または従者

The gillie stood by the riverbank, ready to guide the chief's hunting party at dawn.

スコットランドのハイランド酋長に仕える男性の従者は川辺に立ち、夜明けに酋長の狩猟隊を案内する準備をしていた。

意味（1）

(Scotland, originally) A male attendant of a Scottish Highland chief.

A Highland chief being as absolute in his patriarchal authority as any prince, had a corresponding number of officers attached to his person. […] Our officer of Engineers, so often quoted, has given us a distinct list of the domestic officers, who, […] belonged to the establishment of a Highland chief. These are, […] 4. Gillie-more, or sword-bearer, alluded to in the text. 5. Gillie-Casflue, who carried the chief, if on foot, over the fords. 6. Gillie-comstrain, who leads the chief's horse. 7. Gillie-Thrusha-narinsh, the baggage-man. 8. The Piper. 9. The piper's gillie, or attendant who carries the bagpipe.

意味（2）

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

Every deerstalker will bear witness to the eagerness of Highlanders in pursuit of their old favourite game, the dun deer; the mountaineer shews what he is when his eye kindles and his nostril dilates at the sight of a noble stag; when the gillie forgets his master in his keenness, and the southern lags behind; when it is bellows to mend and London dinners are remembered with regret.

gillies （ plural ）