1. 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. 2. 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.
ETYMOLOGY:
French Celte, sing. of Celtes, Celts, from Latin Celtae, from Greek Keltoi.
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