GALLOWGLASS Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

gallowglass

noun

Definition of gallowglass

as in knight

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Noun

Published by Curvebender in honor of Martin’s centenary, the book features a new foreword written by another knight of the turntable, Sir Paul McCartney.

— Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026
Cuban Knight Anole Cuban knight anoles are the bigger, greener cousins to a brown anole.

— Alex Harris August 25, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of knight

Noun

During the Paris Commune of 1871, a socialist tailor named Herminie Cadolle experimented with corset design in the hope of allowing women to move around more freely and, presumably, evade the gendarmes.

— Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
Lucienne, a mountain girl charmed by Ortiz, eased their passage by bribing the right gendarme.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of gendarme

Noun

In December 2023, Eisenkot’s youngest son, Gal, a reservist in an elite military unit, was killed in an operation to locate the bodies of Israeli hostages in the northern Gaza Strip.

— Amos Harel, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2026
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

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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