WILD GOOSE


Meaning of WILD GOOSE in English

noun

( plural wild geese )

Etymology: Middle English wilde gos, from Old English wilde gōs, from wilde wild + gōs goose

1. : an undomesticated goose: as

a. England : greylag

b. : canada goose

2. : an Irish Jacobite who left Ireland after the abdication of James II and served in the French army ; broadly : an expatriate Irishman

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