a person who speaks a Celtic language
a member of an Indo-European people who in pre-Roman times inhabited Britain, Gaul, Spain, and other parts of W and central Europe
1705–15; < Late Latin *celtis chisel, found only in the ablative case celte (Vulgate, Job XIX, 24)
1695–1705; < Latin Celtae (plural); in Greek Keltoí (plural)
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Kouyate's colleague from the Afro Celt Sound System, Simon Emmerson said they were awaiting the opinion of the instrument's maker in France, but they believed it could not be repaired.
From BBC • Aug. 28, 2019
“I wear a hat because I’m a ginger and a Celt in Southern California.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2019
This placed Celtic languages far from the Celt homelands in the middle of Europe at a very, very early date.
From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2016
Many of the rest were religious periodicals, but the list includes the American Celt, the Poultry Record, Whipple’s Daily Fire Reporter and Scholars’ Quarterly.
From Washington Times • May 30, 2014
The temperament may be vascillating or it may be stolid; it may be logical or it may be commercial; or a combination of the Saxon and the Celt.
From Psycho-Phone Messages by Grierson, Francis
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