Usually means: Elite mercenary warriors, medieval Ireland.
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. gallowglass: Merriam-Webster
  2. gallowglass: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gallowglass: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. gallowglass: Collins English Dictionary
  5. gallowglass: Wordnik
  6. gallowglass: Wiktionary
  7. gallowglass: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. gallowglass: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Gallowglass, gallowglass: Dictionary.com
  10. Gallowglass (miniseries), Gallowglass (novel), Gallowglass: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Gallowglass: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. gallowglass: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. Gallowglass: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. gallowglass: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. Gallowglass: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  16. gallowglass: FreeDictionary.org
  17. gallowglass: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (gallowglass)

noun:  (historical) 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.

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