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galloglass |ˈɡalə(ʊ)ɡlɑːs| (also gallowglass)

noun historical

(in Ireland) a mercenary or member of a special class of soldiers in the service of a chieftain.

ORIGIN

late 15th century: from Irish gallóglach, from gall ‘foreigner’ and óglach ‘youth, servant, warrior’.

 

gallows |ˈɡalōz|

pl.noun [usually treated as singular]

a structure, typically of two uprights and a crosspiece, for the hanging of criminals.

• (the gallows) execution by hanging: saved from the gallows by a last-minute reprieve.

ORIGIN

Old English galga, gealga, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch galg and German Galgen; reinforced in Middle English by Old Norse gálgi .