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Celt definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CELT, n. One of the primitive inhabitants of the South of Europe. [see Celtic.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a member of a European people who once occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul prior to Roman times [syn: Celt, Kelt]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Late Latin celtis chisel Date: 1715 a prehistoric stone or metal implement shaped like a chisel or ax head

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Latin Celtae, plural, from Greek Keltoi Date: 1550 1. a member of a division of the early Indo-European peoples distributed from the British Isles and Spain to Asia Minor 2. a modern Gael, Highland Scot, Irishman, Welshman, Cornishman, or Breton

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (also Kelt) a member of a group of W. European peoples, including the pre-Roman inhabitants of Britain and Gaul and their descendants, esp. in Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Cornwall, Brittany, and the Isle of Man. Etymology: L Celtae (pl.) f. Gk Keltoi

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. Archaeol. a stone or metal prehistoric implement with a chisel edge. Etymology: med.L celtes chisel

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Celt Celt, n. [LL. celts a chisel.] (Arch[ae]ol.) A weapon or implement of stone or metal, found in the tumuli, or barrows, of the early Celtic nations.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Celt Celt, n. [L. Celtae, Gr. ?, ?, pl.: cf. W. Celtiad one that dwells in a covert, an inhabitant of the wood, a Celt, fr. celt covert, shelter, celu to hide.] 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. [Written also Kelt. The letter C was pronounced hard in Celtic languages.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(Celts) If you describe someone as a Celt, you mean that they are part of the racial group which comes from Scotland, Wales, Ireland, and some other areas such as Brittany. N-COUNT