Gael

¹

[geyl]

noun

1. a Scottish Celt or Highlander.

2. a Gaelic-speaking Celt.

Gael.

²

Or Gael

abbreviation

1. Gaelic.

Gael

/ ɡeɪl /

noun

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

Other Word Forms

• Gaeldom noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Gael¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Gael¹

C19: from Gaelic Gaidheal; related to Old Irish goidel, Old Welsh gwyddel Irishman

Example Sentences

Connolly was officially declared as the elected 10th president of the Republic of Ireland on Saturday evening at Dublin Castle, after defeating Fine Gael's Heather Humphreys.

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Connolly has also been a critic of Nato and Fine Gael have hit out at her during the campaign for not being critical enough of Russia.

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She has become the 10th president of the Republic of Ireland after defeating Fine Gael's Heather Humphreys, who had already conceded to her rival.

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The contest, pitting Connolly against Heather Humphreys of the centrist Fine Gael party, has also been tainted by calls to spoil ballots over the lack of a right-wing candidate.

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The coalition government party, Fine Gael, is represented by a former government minister, Heather Humphreys, who comes from a Protestant community in the border county of Monaghan.

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