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''Ghillie'' or ''gillie'' is a Scots term that refers to a man or a boy who acts as an attendant on a fishing, fly fishing, hunting, or deer stalking expedition, primarily in the Highlands or on a river such as the River Spey. In origin it referred especially to someone who attended on his employer or guests. A ghillie may also serve as a gamekeeper employed by a landowner to prevent poaching on his lands, control unwelcome natural predators such as fox or otter and monitor the health of the wildlife. ==Etymology== The origin of this word dates from the late 16th century, from the Scottish Gaelic ''gille'', "lad, servant", cognate with the Irish ''giolla''. Historically, the term was used for a Highland chief's attendant. A ghillie-weetfit, a term now obsolete (a translation of "gille-caisfliuch", from the Gaelic ''cos'' foot/leg and ''fliuch'' wet), was the ghillie whose duty it was to carry his master over streams. It became a term of contempt among the Lowlanders for the "tail" (as his attendants were called) of a Highland chief. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「gillie」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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