Gael
[geyl]
- a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- a Gaelic-speaking Celt.
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Origin of Gael
1590–1600; < Scots Gaelic Gaidheal, Old Irish Goidel
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Contemporary Examples
On Monday, Rosewater will make its debut at the Toronto Film Festival, with Gael Garcia Bernal playing Bahari.
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Telluride Film Festival Kicks Off Oscar Season: Bill Murray, Ben Affleck & MoreMarlow Stern
September 4, 2012
GAEL GARCÍA BERNAL ACTOR, PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR Gael García Bernal studied at the Central School for Speech and Drama in London.
2012 Summit: Who's On StageMarch 6, 2012
Legendary critic Gael Greene samples the now-banned fromage.
Historical Examples
Either he or his father had been a member of the Clan na Gael.
The Red Hand of UlsterGeorge A. Birmingham
Thus the Gael abhors the very roads that lead to a plague-struck dwelling.
John SplendidNeil Munro
Paper and ink will be the Gael's undoing; my mother taught me, and my mother knew.
John SplendidNeil Munro
May it not be that the ends they struggled for were ends never intended for the Gael?
Six days of the Irish RepublicLouis Redmond-Howard
It is he would have got leave for the Gael to be as high as the Gall.
The Unicorn from the Stars and Other PlaysWilliam B. Yeats
Gael
- a person who speaks a Gaelic language, esp a Highland Scot or an Irishman
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Word Origin
C19: from Gaelic Gaidheal; related to Old Irish goidel, Old Welsh gwyddel Irishman
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Word Origin and History for gael
Gael
n.
1810, from Scottish Gaelic Gaidheal "member of the Gaelic race," corresponding to Old Irish Goidhel (cf. Latin Gallus). The native name in both Ireland and Scotland, Gael was first used in English exclusively of Scottish Highlanders.
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