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  • Gael
    Gael
    noun
    a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
  • Gael.
    Gael.
    abbreviation
    Gaelic.

Gael

1 American  
[geyl] / geɪl /

noun

  1. a Scottish Celt or Highlander.

  2. a Gaelic-speaking Celt.

Gael. 2 American  
Or Gael

abbreviation

  1. Gaelic.

Gael British  
/ ɡeɪl /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of Gael

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

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