Meaning of gilly | Babel Free
Definitions
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Alternative spelling of gillie (“a guide”). alt-of, alternative
- The drink torpedo juice.
- A diminutive of the female given name Gillian.
- A surname from French.
- A suburban town in Charleroi municipality, Belgium.
- A municipality in Vaud canton, Switzerland.
Equivalents
Français
Gilly
Examples
“Before we knew it, we were on a Fokker, twin engine, jet aircraft out of Copenhagen bound for Stavenger, Bergen and Trondheim, Norway, where we rested up for two days before boarding a four passenger float plane in the tiny Village of Hell. The Land Rover manned by our gilly (guide) waited where the A-Elv River joined the sea at the head of the fjord.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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