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gal•lo•glass
(gal′ō glas′, -gläs′),USA pronunciation n. [Irish Hist.]
- World Historya follower and supporter of or a soldier owing allegiance to an Irish chief.
- Irish gallóglách, equivalent. to gall a stranger, foreigner + óglach a youth, soldier, servant, derivative of Old Irish óac, óc young
- 1505–15
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