Celtiberian

/ (ˌkɛltɪˈbɪərɪən, -taɪ-, ˌsɛl-) /

noun

a member of a Celtic people (Celtiberi) who inhabited the Iberian peninsula during classical times

the extinct language of this people, possibly belonging to the Celtic branch of the Indo-European family, recorded in a number of inscriptions

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having or claiming to have the power of seeing objects or actions beyond the range of natural vision.

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Words nearby Celtiberian

Cels., Celsius, Celsius scale, Celsus, celt, Celtiberian, Celtic, Celtic cross, Celticism, Celticist, Celtic Sea

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Example sentences from the Web for Celtiberian

For a while he was as simple and as violent in his grief as ever was any Celtiberian cave-dweller of the stone age.
Overland|John William De Forest
Together with these arms, the Lusitanians used a copper-headed lance and the typical form of Celtiberian sword.
The Arts and Crafts of Older Spain, Volume I (of 3)|Leonard Williams
His horse's hoofs ploughed into the body of the Celtiberian lying on his breast.
Snnica|Vicente Blasco Ibez
Perhaps, too, there is a Celtic element,—at least such is the inference from the term Celtiberian.
The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies|Robert Gordon Latham

In other divisions of the camp the Celtiberian infantry was forming with long ladders to attempt the walls on many sides at once.
Snnica|Vicente Blasco Ibez

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