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
Example Sentences
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Seeing you with me they will think you are a Celtiberian soldier with his woman, looking for a place to spend the night.
From Sónnica by Blasco Ibáñez, Vicente
She placed upon the steps a loaf of brown bread, made in the form of a disk, some dried fish, half a Saguntine cheese, tender and oozing whey, and a jar of Celtiberian beer.
From Sónnica by Blasco Ibáñez, Vicente
What, O Publius, was your conquest over yourself, in giving back to her betrothed lover the Celtiberian captive compared to this?
From Dialogues of the Dead by Morley, Henry
Turdentani and Turduli, forming permanent settlements and being still powerful there in Roman times; and in northern central Spain, from the mixture of Celts with the native Iberians, the population henceforward was called Celtiberian.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
"Take care of yourself, Hannibal!" said an old Celtiberian planting himself before his horse.
From Sónnica by Blasco Ibáñez, Vicente
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