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单词 galloglass
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galloglass

/ˈɡalə(ʊ)ɡlɑːs /
(also gallowglass)
noun historical
(In Ireland) a mercenary or member of a special class of soldiers in the service of a chieftain.Like early gallowglasses, they were supporting Mael Sechnaill, king of Tara, against the Scandinavians of Dublin and his Irish rivals....
  • Composition involved, in Gaelic parts, the commutation of the chief's right to take up supplies for his household and quarter his kerne and galloglass on his subjects for defence.
  • Dermot O'Conor Don, a valiant man, had, with a body of 1,500 kerns and gallowglasses, entered his service.

Origin

Late 15th century: from Irish gallóglach, from gall 'foreigner' and óglach 'youth, servant, warrior'.

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