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celt

(selt)

noun

a prehistoric tool of stone or metal, resembling a chisel or ax head

Origin: < ML celtis < LL *celtis < Vulg. vel celte sculpantur in silice (Job 19:24); prob. ghost word (certe in other mss.) adopted as genuine by archaeologists

noun

a person who speaks a Celtic language or a descendant of such a person: the Bretons, Irish, Welsh, and Highland Scots are Celts
a member of an ancient people in central and W Europe, reputedly including the Gauls and Britons

Origin: Fr Celte, orig., Breton < L Celta, pl. Celtae (Gr Keltoi), the Gauls

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See celt in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A common prehistoric tool of stone or metal, shaped like a chisel or ax head.

Origin:

Origin: Medieval Latin celtis, chisel

noun

One of an Indo-European people originally of central Europe and spreading to western Europe, the British Isles, and southeast to Galatia during pre-Roman times, especially a Briton or Gaul.
A native speaker of a modern Celtic language or a descendant of such a speaker, especially a modern Gael, Welsh person, Cornish person, or Breton.

Origin:

Origin: French Celte

Origin: , sing. of Celtes, Celts

Origin: , from Latin Celtae

Origin: , from Greek Keltoi

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