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.
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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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Few pairs in the $1 million tournament know each other better than France’s Gael Monfils and Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Gael Monfils, the charismatic French tennis star, knows his time in the game is short.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Former France full-back Gael Clichy, who played in the first year of Deschamps' reign, praised his former boss on BBC Radio 5 Live.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
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 changed into his sneakers, said good-bye, and made a quick exit.
From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez
Hence I take to be the following; but a word very liable to intermix is Gael. sogh, tranquil; and where the character of stillness is very marked, I have taken them under that head.
From The River-Names of Europe by Robert Ferguson
Gael. callaidh, Latin celer, all having the same meaning—the sense of rapidity seems sufficiently marked to include them in this chapter.
From The River-Names of Europe by Robert Ferguson
The Gr. ναω, fluo, the Gael. nigh, to bathe, to wash, and the Obs.
From The River-Names of Europe by Robert Ferguson
The Gael. lâ, lo, day, must, I think, contain the root.
From The River-Names of Europe by Robert Ferguson
Gael. arg, white, which has been generally adduced as the etymon of these names, may intermix.
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
Caoimh Mallon is the club secretary for Fullen Gaels, the only senior camogie team in the north of England.
From BBC ● May 8, 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
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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