gallowglass

noun

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as in knight

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  1. knight
  2. gendarme
  3. reservist
  4. recruit
  5. conscript
  6. digger
  7. champion
Noun
  • Ser Criston Cole, once Rhaenyra’s champion, once Alicent’s lover, once Captain of the King’s Guard and Hand of the King, son of the steward to Lord Dondarrion, a lowly knight who has risen high, is at last dead.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • On the wall above the bicycle hung a framed oil painting of the sorcerer Merlin and the knight Lancelot done by the Scotsman James Archer in the late nineteenth century.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 July 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
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  • 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
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  • The former top-50 recruit became social media fodder for playing at four high schools in four years before eventually signing with Georgia.
    — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 24 July 2026
  • Dozens of police officers, many of them recent recruits, were eventually disciplined for actions related to police corruption, and many were convicted of crimes related to stealing drugs from traffickers.
    — Meg Anderson, NPR, 23 July 2026
Definition of recruit
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  • On Tuesday, a strike on an army base in southeastern Iran killed seven soldiers, five of whom were young conscripts.
    — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
  • The report said seven were killed in the attack, including conscripts and career soldiers.
    — Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
Definition of conscript
Noun
  • Bulldozers and a John Deere digger sit behind the house and near the concrete pad.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 25 June 2026
  • There are a few other wasps that nest in the ground, commonly referred to as digger wasps.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 29 May 2026
Definition of digger
Noun
  • Errol Spence hasn't fought in three years, but the former world champion is climbing back into the ring on Saturday to take on another former champ in Tim Tszyu.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 24 July 2026
  • The men’s doubles champions were Australia’s Matthew Ebden and John Peers, Italy’s Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini won women’s doubles gold and the mixed doubles went to the Czech Republic’s Kateřina Siniaková and Tomáš Macháč.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Definition of champion
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