Gael Definition

gāl
noun
A Celt of Scotland, Ireland, or the Isle of Man; esp., a Celt of the Scottish Highlands.
Webster's New World
A Scottish Highlander.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Gael

Noun

Singular:
Gael
Plural:
gaels

Origin of Gael

  • Scottish Gaelic Gàidheal and Irish Gaedheal, from Old Irish Goídel (“Irishman”), from Welsh gwyddel (“raider”), Proto-Celtic *weidelo- "savage, woodsman". This replaced older féni (“any free man”) and fénechas (“oral tradition of native custom”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Scottish Gaelic Gaidheal Irish Gaelic Gael both from Old Irish Goídil Goidelic

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Gael Sentence Examples

  • A Celtic origin has been suggested, connecting the word with Gael.

  • Provost Robertson belonged to the Clan Donachie, and by this marriage the robust and business-like qualities of the Lowlander were blended with the poetic imagination, the sensibility and fire of the Gael.

  • The ancient Gael nailed the heads of his vanquished enemies to the door of his hut.

  • It has the incidental interest of showing (especially in stanzas 62 and 63) the antipathy of the "Inglis-speaking Scot" to the "Scots-speaking Gael" of the west, as is also shown in Dunbar's Flyting with Kennedy.

  • The earl of Mar, with a small force of heavily-armoured lowland cavaliers, stopped and scattered the plaided Gael at Harlaw (141 I).

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Words Starting With

GGAGAE

Words Ending With

LELAEL

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Words Starting With G and Ending With L

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With G4 Letter Words Ending With L