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# gillie

«gillie» in Mova's school dictionary: **A gillie was a male servant who helped a hunter or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (gillie, gillies)

### meaning for a pupil

(old use) A gillie was a male servant who helped a hunter or fisherman, especially in Scotland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gillie/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in Scottish stories, gillies go with the lord or king on a hunt and carry out his orders

### examples

- The gillies led the horses to the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gillie/#x1)
- The king sent his gillies to find the lost dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gillie/#x2)
- Two gillies carried the hunter's bag. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gillie/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «gillie» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gillie/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.