"gish" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "The term originates in the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) game, where it originally referred to a Githyanki fighter/wizard combination. Gish is not an official term used in D&D referring to this, but is also used to refer to any character who has a martial/spellcasting combination of abilities.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gishes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "gish (plural gishes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Fantasy",
          "orig": "en:Fantasy",
          "parents": [
            "Fiction",
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            "Artistic works",
            "Genres",
            "Art",
            "Entertainment",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
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            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Role-playing games",
          "orig": "en:Role-playing games",
          "parents": [
            "Games",
            "Recreation",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "71 29",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "79 21",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Dungeons & Dragons",
          "orig": "en:Dungeons & Dragons",
          "parents": [
            "Fantasy",
            "Role-playing games",
            "Tabletop games",
            "Fiction",
            "Speculative fiction",
            "Games",
            "Artistic works",
            "Genres",
            "Recreation",
            "Art",
            "Entertainment",
            "Human activity",
            "Culture",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Society",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Most gishes use their magical abilities to increase their own personal combat abilities (known as \"buffing\").",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A character that is skilled in both physical combat and the use of magic."
      ],
      "id": "en-gish-en-noun-SwRWMfhZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "fantasy",
          "fantasy"
        ],
        [
          "roleplaying game",
          "roleplaying game"
        ],
        [
          "physical",
          "physical"
        ],
        [
          "combat",
          "combat"
        ],
        [
          "magic",
          "magic"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "fantasy roleplaying games",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(fantasy roleplaying games) A character that is skilled in both physical combat and the use of magic."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "An outsider."
      ],
      "id": "en-gish-en-noun-npfUCQh1",
      "links": [
        [
          "outsider",
          "outsider"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) An outsider."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "gish"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "en:Dungeons & Dragons",
    "nv:Tools"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The term originates in the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) game, where it originally referred to a Githyanki fighter/wizard combination. Gish is not an official term used in D&D referring to this, but is also used to refer to any character who has a martial/spellcasting combination of abilities.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gishes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "gish (plural gishes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Fantasy",
        "en:Role-playing games"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Most gishes use their magical abilities to increase their own personal combat abilities (known as \"buffing\").",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A character that is skilled in both physical combat and the use of magic."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fantasy",
          "fantasy"
        ],
        [
          "roleplaying game",
          "roleplaying game"
        ],
        [
          "physical",
          "physical"
        ],
        [
          "combat",
          "combat"
        ],
        [
          "magic",
          "magic"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "fantasy roleplaying games",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(fantasy roleplaying games) A character that is skilled in both physical combat and the use of magic."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An outsider."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "outsider",
          "outsider"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) An outsider."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "gish"
}