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Celt(encyclopedia)
Celt(dictionary)
Anglo-Celt(dictionary)
Mystic Celt(tourism)

Celt (iou)



Celt noun1. . M16.
[Latin Celtae pl. from Greek Keltoi (later Keltai, perh. from Latin); later from French Celte Breton (as representative of the ancient Gauls).]
Hist. A member of any of a group of ancient peoples of western Europe that included the Gauls and Britons. M16.
gen. A member of any of the peoples descended from the ancient Celts or speaking a Celtic language, as the Irish, Gaels, Manx, Welsh, Cornish, and Bretons. L18.