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GILLE is the name of the maid in the household of John and Alison in The Miller's Tale. She is also called a "wenche," MillT 3631. It was a familiar name for a lass. [Robyn2]
The name occurs medially, MillT 3556.
OED, IV: 163.
From CHAUCER NAME DICTIONARY
Copyright © 1988, 1996 Jacqueline de Weever
Published by Garland Publishing, Inc., New York and London.
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