Gallowglass

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gallowglass \Gal"low*glass`\, n. [Ir. galloglach. Cf. {Gillie}.]
     A heavy-armed foot soldier from Ireland and the Western Isles
     in the time of Edward ? --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]