Gael
noun
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
Gael
1 American
[geyl]
/ geɪl /
noun
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Gaels
plural
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a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
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a Gaelic-speaking Celt.
Gael.
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Gael
abbreviation
Gael
British
/ ɡeɪl /
noun
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Etymology
Origin of Gael
1590–1600; < Scots Gaelic Gaidheal, Old Irish Goidel
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Few pairs in the $1 million tournament know each other better than France’s Gael Monfils and Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Top-ranked players Patten and Katerina Siniakova advanced to the quarter-finals before losing to husband-and-wife duo Gael Monfils and Elina Svitolina.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Rooney and fellow BBC pundits Gael Clichy and Olivier Giroud all thought Conceicao was in a better position to shoot at goal himself rather than try to set up Ronaldo for the striker's first chance.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
“My mom sent me an article where it said the last Mexican actor to have two films simultaneously at the festival was the master Gael García Bernal,” he says excitedly.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
“I think Abuelo tried to tell him before I was born, but Gael wasn’t trying to hear about it.”
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
Perhaps allied in its root to the last is the Gael. saimh, quiet, tranquil, to which I put the following.
From The River-Names of Europe by Robert Ferguson
From the Sansc. nî, to move, Gael. nigh, to bathe, to wash, comes, I apprehend, the Welsh nannaw, nennig, nant, a small stream.
From The River-Names of Europe by Robert Ferguson
G. bausen, bauschen, to swell, pusten, Dan. puste, Sw. pusta, to blow, Sw. p”sa to swell; or W. bostio to boast, bost boast, Gael. bosd.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
Gael. and Ir. pac, Bret. pak, a bundle; cf.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
Gael. arg, white, which has been generally adduced as the etymon of these names, may intermix.
From The River-Names of Europe by Robert Ferguson
The Braves hadn’t faced Bishop Gorman in Las Vegas since their 34-31 loss in 2014 to the Gaels amid thunder, lightning, wind and a downpour of rain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
Chesterton nailed it when he said “the great Gaels of Ireland are the men that God made mad, for all their wars are merry, and all their songs are sad.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
Caoimhe Nic Cú Uladh, from the campaign group An Dream Dearg, said the appointment was a result of "thousands of Gaels taking to the streets over the last decade".
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2025
They all breathed easier when Mason grabbed a key offensive rebound with 4:57 remaining that led to a second-chance three-pointer and a six-point Gaels lead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2024
“The main thing is that the war is going to happen because the Teutons or the Galls or whatever you call them upset the Gaels long ago.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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