Gael

[ geyl ]

/ geɪl /

noun

a Scottish Celt or Highlander.

a Gaelic-speaking Celt.

Origin of Gael

1590–1600; < Scots Gaelic Gaidheal, Old Irish Goidel

Gael.

or Gael

abbreviation

Gaelic.

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Examples from the Web for gael

On Monday, Rosewater will make its debut at the Toronto Film Festival, with Gael Garcia Bernal playing Bahari.
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Marlow Stern recaps the fest and talks to stars like Ben Affleck, Greta Gerwig, Gael García Bernal, and Murray.
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GAEL GARCÍA BERNAL ACTOR, PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR Gael García Bernal studied at the Central School for Speech and Drama in London.
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Only in war, however, did the Gael lay hands on his neighbor's goods.
Pioneers of the Old Southwest|Constance Lindsay Skinner
When the great judgment shall come it is St. Patrick who will judge the children of the Gael.
Legends of Saints & Sinners|Douglas Hyde
Kin or Cin, older cind, is really a survival of the old dative or locative of Gael.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various
I suppose there is not a class of people on the face of the earth that have finer imaginations than the Gael.
The Celtic Magazine, Vol. I, No. VI, April 1886|Various
There was, Tarbet said, no general disposition to insurrection among the Gael.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay

British Dictionary definitions for gael

Gael

/ (ɡeɪl) /

noun

a person who speaks a Gaelic language, esp a Highland Scot or an Irishman

Derived FormsGaeldom, noun

Word Origin for Gael

C19: from Gaelic Gaidheal; related to Old Irish goidel, Old Welsh gwyddel Irishman

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Word Origin and History for gael

Gael

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.