chiel

English

Noun

chiel (plural chiels)

1. Alternative form of chield
   • 1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

     "And yet the chiel has shown us once before that he knows what he's talking about."

Anagrams

• Chile, Liech., cheli-, chile, elchi, lechi

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *eccum ille.

Pronoun

chiel

1. he

Scots

Noun

chiel (plural chiels)

1. (Cromarty) Alternative form of chield

References

• Am Baile (2009) The Cromarty Fisherfolk Dialect‎^[1], Highland Council, page 5