- plural of GI.
gis
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He also asked for a round of applause for those he called "fighters for a good cause", Lo's fellow Jiu-Jitsu fighters, who had turned out in their gis.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2022
Uniforms, or gis, which cost between $80 and $120, have been donated to each child.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 21, 2021
Next thing they knew, Ian and Brittany were given gis and convinced to try out.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 9, 2017
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It appears as Auiza and Avicia in the Liber Vitæ, and its original form I take to be found in Avagisa, eighth century, in the Altdeutsches Namenbuch, from gis, hostage.
From Surnames as a Science by Ferguson, Robert
II. vii.By gis, and by Saint Charity, Hml.
From The Facts About Shakespeare by Nielson, William Allan
“It was lugged home in some GI’s duffel bag, without its case.”
From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2024
Anyway, after the bomb was dropped, the GI's who worked at the laboratory came up and shook my hand and said, “You were the person who stuck the hand of the great Enrico Fermi.”
From Scientific American ● Jul. 27, 2023
The aircraft chase the GI’s informal prayer as reliably as the violins tail the piano in Chanda Dancy’s treacly score.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 21, 2022
A GI’s fiancee resents his marriage of convenience to a buddy’s English girlfriend.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2020
If the GI's step in, that will have to stop—which means we'll show a loss heavy enough to put us out.
From A Spaceship Named McGuire by Garrett, Randall