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
Definition of gendarme
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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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  • Henderson was one of the first recruits the Cougars hosted under the new coaching staff.
    — Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 30 July 2026
  • Its recruit and redeploy stages require roles decomposed into explicit tasks—making what AI can augment answerable task by task.
    — Manu Khetan, Forbes.com, 29 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
  • Two of the defending champions — Marist and Jefferson — will go head-to-head in Class 5A this year after Jefferson moved up one level during the GHSA’s most recent reclassification.
    — Chip Saye, AJC.com, 30 July 2026
  • The restaurateur and wife of NBA champion Stephen Curry is set to star in a new movie.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2026
Definition of champion
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