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welsh
/ˈwɛlʃ/
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What does welsh mean?
adjective
- Of or pertaining to Wales.
- Of or pertaining to the Celtic language of Wales.
- Designating plants or animals from or associated with Wales.
More meanings (11)
noun
- The people of Wales.
- A breed of pig, kept mainly for bacon.
proper noun
- The Welsh language.
- An English and Scottish surname transferred from the nickname for someone who was a Welshman or a Celt.
- An Irish surname, a variant of Walsh.
- A town in Louisiana, United States, named for early landowner Henry Welsh.
- An unincorporated community in Ohio, United States, named for an early settler.
verb
- (derogatory, offensive) To cheat or swindle someone, often by not paying a debt, especially a gambling debt.
- (derogatory, offensive) To go back on one's word.
adjective
- (obsolete) Foreign.
- (historical) Indigenously British; pertaining to the Celtic peoples who inhabited much of Britain before the Roman occupation.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈwɛlʃ/
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They formed capital subjects for the artistic pencil, especially when distant peeps of the Welsh hills came into the prospect.
Hence it was well adapted for cannon, which was for some time the principal article of manufacture at the Welsh works.
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The colour of the Welsh Terrier is, of course, against him for working with a pack of hounds, especially in water.
I found my guide a first-rate walker and a good botanist, knowing the names of all the plants and trees in Welsh.
After some time she forgot her old loves and troubles, as many people do with Time’s merciful assistance, and married a Welsh gentleman.