Definition of "gish" [gish]

• A magician, or character that is skilled in both physical combat and the use of magic. Most gish characters use their magical abilities to increase their own personal combat abilities (known as "buffing"). (noun)
• An outsider. (noun)

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• "They have at their disposal rhetorical tricks like the gish gallop."
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