giolla

Irish (Donegal)

noun
Definitions
  • youth; page, boy
  • gillie, attendant; manservant, messenger
  • fellow
  • (broadcasting) best boy, gofer
  • (golf) caddie

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Irish gilla (youth, servant, messenger, a youth of an age to bear arms, male child, page, young man, boy).

Origin

Middle Irish

gilla

Gloss

youth, servant, messenger, a youth of an age to bear arms, male child, page, young man, boy

Concept
Semantic Field

Social and political relations

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

使

Emoji

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