Celtiberian
Britishnoun
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a member of a Celtic people ( Celtiberi ) who inhabited the Iberian peninsula during classical times
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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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They were two Roman soldiers, an old Carthaginian mariner, and a Celtiberian.
From Sónnica by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
The Greek saw them break up into groups, running in all directions after the Celtiberian, who had disappeared a few steps distant from the hostelry as if dissolved into the shadow of the night.
From Sónnica by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
Some thought they saw something familiar in the appearance of one of the Celtiberian warriors riding at the head of a troop of cavalry.
From Sónnica by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
But in that I gained over love I must esteem myself superior to you, though your generosity with regard to the fair Celtiberian, your captive, has been celebrated so highly.
From Dialogues of the Dead by Henry Morley
Perhaps, too, there is a Celtic element,—at least such is the inference from the term Celtiberian.
From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
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