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Kilroy

noun Kil·roy \ ˈkilˌrȯi \

Definition of Kilroy

plural -s
: an inveterate traveler
  • like the roamers Kilroy and Ulysses
  • —Peter Viereck
especially : a transient soldier
  • of all the Kilroys of history who have passed through here … it was Napoleon who best summed up the strategic importance of Malta
  • —J. P. O'Donnell

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Origin and Etymology of kilroy

after Kilroy, mythical soldier of World War II whose name was inscribed in unlikely places all over the world by American soldiers

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