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gael

/ɡeɪ̯l/

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What does gael mean?

noun

  1. A member of an ethnic group in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man, whose language is one that is Gaelic.

proper noun

  1. A male given name.

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IPA pronunciation

/ɡeɪ̯l/

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The ancient Gael nailed the heads of his vanquished enemies to the door of his hut.
Jean-Henri FabreThe Life of the SpiderTranslated by Alexander Teixeira de MattosProject Gutenberg ebook #1887
The Cumric bears considerable affinity to the Gaelic, or the language of the Gael, of which there are also three dialects, the Irish, the speech of the Scottish Highlanders, and the Manx, which last is rapidly becoming extinct.
George BorrowWild Wales: Its People, Language and SceneryProject Gutenberg ebook #648
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They proved that all the nations were repeating the same stories, in some cases in almost identical words, just as their ancestors had heard them, in some most ancient land, in "the dark background and abysm of time," when the progenitors of the German, Gaul, Gael, Greek, Roman, Hindoo, Persian, Egyptian, Arabian, and the red-people of America, dwelt together under the same roof-tree and used the same language.
Ignatius DonnellyRagnarok : the Age of Fire and GravelProject Gutenberg ebook #5109