gallowglasses

noun

plural of gallowglass
as in gendarmes

Related Words

Relevance

Dissimilar Words

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for gallowglasses
  1. gendarmes
  2. recruits
  3. champions
  4. veterans
  5. conscripts
  6. enrollees
  7. draftees
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
  • Enter Orsolya, who shows up at the door with some gendarmes and an official eviction notice and gives Ion twenty minutes to quit the premises.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026
Definition of gendarmes
Noun
  • Both junior investment bankers and senior banking veterans—including former Morgan Stanley managing director Alisha Lehr just last month—are among OpenAI’s latest recruits.
    — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Smart’s Georgia teams have produced 84 draft picks and 21 first-round selections over his 10 years leading the program, including 63 draft picks and 15 first-rounders over the past six years with his recruits in place.
    — Mike Griffith, AJC.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of recruits
Noun
  • Skubal also issued two walks and hit a batter with a pitch in just his second career appearance at Dodger Stadium, taking the mound nine days after the defending champions acquired him from Detroit in the biggest trade of the deadline.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Wednesday’s game pits French champions and Champions League winners PSG against Premier League side Villa, who lifted the Europa League courtesy of a 3-0 win over Freiburg.
    — Dean Jones, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of champions
Noun
  • Perhaps Vitello has finally decided to be assertive with one of his veterans.
    — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Two more AlphaFold veterans, Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel, followed Jumper out the door.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of veterans
Noun
  • 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
  • But now that this system is reaching its limits, the regime is preparing to switch back to conscription—this time relying on electronic draft notices that are quieter and can be sent out year-round to thousands of potential conscripts.
    — Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2026
Definition of conscripts
Noun
  • The Medicare Prescription Payment Plan, which lets enrollees spread costs into monthly installments rather than paying in full at the pharmacy, now automatically renews for 2026 unless the enrollee opts out.
    — Allison Palmer March 3, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2026
Definition of enrollees
Noun
  • Chop Robinson, Patrick Paul, Jaylen Wright, Malik Washington and Tahj Washington are the draftees who remain from the 2024 class.
    — Omar Kelly August 3, Miami Herald, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Things often change when the pads come on, but the rookie draftees are off to a promising start.
    — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of draftees
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

gallowglass
gallowglasses
gallows bird
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Gallowglasses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gallowglasses. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

Copy Citation
Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

A Who’s Who Regarding ‘Who’s’ and ‘Whose’

7 Pairs of Commonly Confused Words

Is that lie 'bald-faced' or 'bold-faced'?

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

Words from the 'Odyssey'

The Longest Long Words List

It's a Scorcher! Words for the Summer Heat

The Words of the Week - Aug. 14

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World
See More

Popular

See More

A Who’s Who Regarding ‘Who’s’ and ‘Whose’

Words from the 'Odyssey'

The Longest Long Words List
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
image of a green cube out of place in a lineup of red spheres
Odd Word Out: Synonyms Vol. 2 Quiz Figure out which word isn't like the others.
See All