Meaning & use
Chiel
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A young man or fellow (Scottish dialect).
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The old farmer called the new hand a 'braw chiel' for his hard work.
Robert Burns often used 'chiel' in his poetry to refer to an ordinary young man.
A note on using this word
A dialectal variant of 'child', preserved in Scots and Scottish English, and made famous in Robert Burns's poetry.
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fellowlad
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