Gael

¹ American

[geyl] / geɪl /

noun

a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
a Gaelic-speaking Celt.

Gael. ² American

Or Gael

abbreviation

Gaelic.

Gael British

/ ɡeɪl /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

Gaeldom

noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

Gaels

plural

Etymology

Origin of Gael

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

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