Gael
noun
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
Gael
1 American
[gayl]
/ 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
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Fine Gael Senator Gareth Scahill said the video was a waste of resources.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Gael Monfils, the charismatic French tennis star, knows his time in the game is short.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Top-ranked players Patten and Katerina Siniakova advanced to the quarter-finals before losing to husband-and-wife duo Gael Monfils and Elina Svitolina.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
“I went with Gael to watch the final match from the 1990–91 season, where Pumas became champions,” he recalls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 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
In the latter sense we have the Gael. car or char, tortuous, the Ang.-Sax. cêrran, to turn or bend, &c., to which I place 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
The Gr. ναω, fluo, the Gael. nigh, to bathe, to wash, and the Obs.
From The River-Names of Europe by Robert Ferguson
Also Gael. and Ir. taam, to pour; Gael. and Ir. tom, to bathe, Welsh and Ir. ton, unda.
From The River-Names of Europe by Robert Ferguson
Gael. alp a high mountain, Ir. ailp any huge mass or lump: cf.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
But it was Johnson and the Gaels who survived in the end.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
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
A sacrifice fly brought Gaels three-hole hitter Aiden Taurek to the plate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2025
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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