Celt

[kelt] or [kɛlt]

Definition

(noun.) a member of a European people who once occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul prior to Roman times.

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Definition

(n.) One of an ancient race of people, who formerly inhabited a great part of Central and Western Europe, and whose descendants at the present day occupy Ireland, Wales, the Highlands of Scotland, and the northern shores of France.

(n.) A weapon or implement of stone or metal, found in the tumuli, or barrows, of the early Celtic nations.

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Definition

n. a cutting instrument of stone or bronze found in ancient barrows.

n. one of the Celts an Aryan race now represented by the Bretons the Welsh the Irish and the Scottish Highlanders—also Kelt.—adj. Celt′ic.—ns. Celt′icism a Celtic idiom or custom; Celtomā′nia.

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