Gael
noun
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
Gael
1 American
[geyl]
/ geɪl /
noun
Gaels
plural
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a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
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a Gaelic-speaking Celt.
Gael.
2
American
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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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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
Gael Clichy: Switzerland are a very dynamic group of young players, and their team and federation has progressed a lot in the past eight years or so.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
Gael García Bernal stars in the director’s epic—full of beautiful, often static imagery—about the Portuguese explorer, now streaming on the Criterion Channel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
I have a big pile of old cookbooks that inspired a lot of the specific dishes in the book, but the best resource was the New York magazine archives, particularly Gael Greene’s old columns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026
If it please mine uncle, King Arthur, to accord with him, then the King will lose my service and that of all the Gael.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
In the Gael. sgia, Welsh ysgw, guard, protection, and in the Welsh ysgi, separation or division, we have two senses, of which the latter may be more suitable for the following.
From The River-Names of Europe by Ferguson, Robert
Further ety. quite uncertain, whether Gael. sguit, a wanderer, Gr.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
From the Sansc. bhuj, Goth. bjugan, Welsh bwäu, Gael. bogh, Eng. bow, &c., in the sense of tortuousness, we may take the following.
From The River-Names of Europe by Ferguson, Robert
Among the derived words, the Gael. sûth, a billow, seems to be that which comes nearest to the sense required.
From The River-Names of Europe by Ferguson, Robert
Gael. and Ir. machd, a wave, I find the root of the following.
From The River-Names of Europe by Ferguson, Robert
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
The Gaels tallied just 152 yards of offense.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2024
Mason, a 6-foot-9 forward who opened his conference tournament with the Gaels the following day, arrived in Las Vegas about one hour before tip-off of the Pac-12 championship game against Stanford.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2024
Instead of being an orphan, he was loved by nearly everybody except the Gaels, and he loved everybody in return.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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