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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
galloglass /ˈgalə(ʊ)glɑːs/ (also gallowglass)

▶noun historical (in Ireland) a mercenary or member of a special class of soldiers in the service of a chieftain.

– origin C15: from Ir. gallóglach, from gall ‘foreigner’ and óglach ‘youth, servant, warrior’.

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