Webster's 1913 Dictionary
GILLIE; GILLY
Gil "lie Gil "ly, n. Etym: [Gael. gille, giolla, boy, lad. ]
Defn: A boy or young man; a manservant; a male attendant, in the Scottish Highlands. Sir W. Scott.
New American Oxford Dictionary
gillie
gil lie |ˈgilē ˈɡɪli |(also ghillie ) ▶noun 1 (in Scotland ) a man or boy who attends someone on a hunting or fishing expedition. • historical a Highland chief's attendant. 2 (usu. ghillie ) a type of shoe with laces along the instep and no tongue, esp. those used for Scottish country dancing. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Scottish Gaelic gille ‘lad, servant. ’ The word was also found in the term gilliewetfoot, denoting a servant who carried the chief over a stream, used as a contemptuous name by Lowlanders for the follower of a Highland chief. Sense 2 dates from the 1930s.
Oxford Dictionary
gillie
gillie |ˈgɪli |(also ghillie ) ▶noun 1 (in Scotland ) a man or boy who attends someone on a hunting or fishing expedition. • historical a Highland chief's attendant. 2 (usu. ghillie ) a type of shoe with laces along the instep and no tongue, used especially for Scottish country dancing. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Scottish Gaelic gille ‘lad, servant ’. The word was also found in the term gilliewetfoot, denoting a servant who carried the chief over a stream, used as a contemptuous name by Lowlanders for the follower of a Highland chief. Sense 2 dates from the 1930s.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
gillie
gil lie gil ly /ɡɪ́li /名詞 複 -lies C (スコットランド高地地方の )狩猟者 [釣り人 ]の案内人 .
The Wordsmith Dictionary