celt

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
celt /sɛlt/

▶noun Archaeology a prehistoric stone or metal implement with a bevelled cutting edge.

– origin C18: from med. L. celtis ‘chisel’.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Celt /kɛlt/

▶noun

• 1 a member of a group of peoples inhabiting much of Europe and Asia Minor in pre-Roman times.

• 2 a native of a modern nation or region in which a Celtic language is (or was until recently) spoken.

– origin from L. Celtae (pl.), from Gk Keltoi.