gallowglass

noun

Definition of gallowglassnext
as in knight

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  1. knight
  2. gendarme
  3. reservist
  4. recruit
  5. conscript
  6. warhorse
  7. champion
Noun
  • Hans Trapp Origin: Alsace-Lorraine region of France Hans Trapp, also known as the Christmas Scarecrow, was derived from the real story of a knight named Hans von Trotha.
    Jennifer Borresen, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
  • O’Grady hopes a return to performance — with a new character, a knight named Lancela — will help illuminate her previous work.
    Jillian Steinhauer, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of knight
Noun
  • The mud-slinging scene occurred as thousands more Spanish soldiers, national police officers, and Civil Guard gendarmes arrived, or are set to arrive, at the disaster sites.
    Joseph Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2024
  • The seven people killed in shootings included at least three from the Indigenous Kanak community and two gendarmes.
    Sylvie Corbet, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2024
Definition of gendarme
Noun
  • The same goes for reservists required to report for duty and drills.
    Brian Bennett, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Local News Worried Natick residents blasted the Select Board for passing a sanctuary-like policy just days after the arrest of a local Iranian national in connection with a fatal drone strike that killed three U.S. Army reservists.
    Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of reservist
Noun
  • He was rated the No. 4 tight end and the No. 101 overall recruit by 247Sports, and was rated the No. 20 prospect in Texas.
    Richard Davenport, arkansasonline.com, 17 Dec. 2024
  • On public safety, Williams spoke about working with recruits in the police training division, and noted the nearly 300 vacancies in the police department.
    Brooke Conrad, Baltimore Sun, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of recruit
Noun
  • In the end, too many Syrians were disgusted by his dictatorship, and the conscripts in Assad's army weren't prepared to die for it.
    The Week UK, theweek, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Russian conscripts called up for military service sit in a bus before their departure for garrisons, in Bataysk in the Rostov region, Russia November 16, 2024.
    Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of conscript
Noun
  • The composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, that warhorse of English traditionalism, is mentioned six times, and his plangent music—invoking a lost, idyllic England; a greener, more pleasant land—could easily be the novel’s soundtrack.
    Charles McGrath, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024
  • At 33, Watt is young enough not to be tired of even the most familiar rock radio warhorses.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2024
Definition of warhorse
Noun
  • And those dreams: To be a world champion, an Olympian.
    Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Minus Paolo Banchero, Franz Wagner and Moe Wagner, how on earth did the Orlando Magic defeat the defending champion Boston Celtics 108-104? Jayson Tatum sitting out because of a non-COVID-19 illness of course played a role.
    Josh Robbins, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of champion
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