GALLOWGLASS Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

gallowglass

noun

Definition of gallowglass

as in knight

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civilian

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Noun

Cuban Knight Anole Cuban knight anoles are the bigger, greener cousins to a brown anole.

— Alex Harris August 25, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026
Told in alternating POVs between a sorceress, a woman knight and a serving girl, this is a fever dream of a fantasy novel with plenty of room for readers to make their own inferences about what’s really going on.

— S.M. Hallow, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of knight

Noun

Another 170 gendarmes, or law enforcement officers, have also been dispatched to the region to support the firefighting effort.

— Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 8 July 2026
Set in the lush forests and fields of northeastern France, this excitingly offbeat first feature from Sarah Arnold depicts a gory factional war between hunters and farmers, haves and have-nots, with one depressed fish-out-of-water gendarme caught in the middle.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026

Definition of gendarme

Noun

Coady, 20, a sophomore at Drake University and an Army reservist from West Des Moines had joined the Army Reserve while in college.

— Chris Kenning, USA Today, 26 July 2026
The same judges have already handed down harsher sentences to eight people who were convicted at trial, including a former Marine reservist who received a 100-year prison term.

— Jamie Stengle, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026

Definition of reservist

Noun

Peyr’s book was inspired by the real case of the disappeared of Mourmelon, in which a number of young men, most of them military conscripts, went missing over several years in the 1980s.

— Ed Meza, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026
The country announced that new conscripts from the Schleswig Infantry will deploy to Greenland for an exercise this month.

— Max Grinstein, The Washington Examiner, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of conscript

Noun

The 24-time Grand Slam champion appeared to suffer a cramp in his left foot, threw up, and took a medical time-out to have his back massaged between the fourth and fifth sets before losing to Argentine player Mariano Navone.

— Aaron Short, Curbed, 3 Sep. 2026
Born without hands or feet, Volpentest became one of the most successful Paralympic sprinters in history — a four-time Paralympic gold medalist and five-time world champion sprinter.

— Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of champion

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