Gael
noun
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
Gael
1 American
[geyl]
/ geɪl /
noun
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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
Example Sentences
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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
“My mom sent me an article where it said the last Mexican actor to have two films simultaneously at the festival was the master Gael García Bernal,” he says excitedly.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 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
"Teams were starting to get scared of Arsenal's set-pieces," former Arsenal defender Gael Clichy said on BBC Radio 5 Live.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026
But there were no longer any organized traces of the chivalry of the Gael Merlyn met the King as he rode back from Sorhaute—a magician rather tired, and still unmounted.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
From the Gael. and Welsh cam, to bend, Sansc. kamp, Gr. καμπω, are the following.
From The River-Names of Europe by Robert Ferguson
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
In the Gael. and Ir. ban, white, we may probably find the meaning of the following.
From The River-Names of Europe by Robert Ferguson
Perhaps allied in its root to the last is the Gael. saimh, quiet, tranquil, to which I put the following.
From The River-Names of Europe by Robert Ferguson
And the Sansc. sarit, Gael. and Ir. sroth, sruth, a river, seem to be found in the following.
From The River-Names of Europe by Robert Ferguson
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
With less than two minutes left in regulation, the Gaels added a touchdown and a two-point conversion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2024
They all breathed easier when Mason grabbed a key offensive rebound with 4:57 remaining that led to a second-chance three-pointer and a six-point Gaels lead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2024
“The main thing is that the war is going to happen because the Teutons or the Galls or whatever you call them upset the Gaels long ago.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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