Definition of GADLING

gadling

Meanings

Plural: gadlings

Noun

  • A companion in arms, fellow, comrade.
  • A roving vagabond; one who roams
  • A man of humble condition; a fellow; a low fellow; lowborn; originally comrade or companion, in a good sense, but later used in reproach
  • A spike on a gauntlet; a gad.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English gadeling (“companion in arms; man, fellow; a person of low birth; rascal, scoundrel; bastard; base, lowborn”), gadeling (“vagabond”), from Old English geaduling, gædeling (“kinsman, fellow, companion in arms, comrade”), from Proto-West Germanic *gaduling, from Proto-Germanic *gadulingaz, *gadilingaz (“relative, kinsman”), equivalent to gad + -ling. Related to Old English ġegada (“comrade, companion”).

Scrabble Score: 10

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Words With Friends Score: 0

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