ollave

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A form of ollamh — In Irish history, a man of science or learning, equivalent to a university professor.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

nounollave (plural ollaves)

plural ollaves

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of ollamh.

    In ancient Ireland the ollave, or master-poet, sat next to the king at table and was privileged, as none else but the queen was, to wear six different colours in his clothes.

    1948 (revised 1952), Robert Graves, The White Goddess, Faber & Faber 1999, p. 18

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