galloglass


gal·lo·glass

or gal·low·glass G0021900 (găl′ō-glăs′)n. An armed retainer or mercenary who serves an Irish chieftain.
[Irish Gaelic galloglach : gall, foreigner + oglach, soldier (from óg, from Old Irish óac; see yeu- in Indo-European roots).]

galloglass

(ˈɡæləʊˌɡlɑːs) or

gallowglass

n (Historical Terms) a heavily armed mercenary soldier, originally Hebridean (Gaelic-Norse), maintained by Irish and some other Celtic chiefs from about 1235 to the 16th century[C16: from Irish Gaelic gallóglach, from gall foreigner + óglach, young warrior-servant, from og young + -lach a noun suffix]

gal•lo•glass

or gal•low•glass

(ˈgæl oʊˌglæs, -ˌglɑs)

n. (formerly) a soldier owing allegiance to an Irish chief. [1505–15; < Irish gallóglách=gall a stranger, foreigner + óglach a youth, soldier, servant]