[celt] n [LL celtis chisel] (1715): a prehistoric stone or metal implement shaped like a chisel or ax head Celt n [L Celtae, pl., fr. Gk Keltoi] (1550) 1: a member of a division of the early Indo-European peoples distributed from the British Isles and Spain to Asia Minor
2: a modern Gael, Highland Scot, Irishman, Welshman, Cornishman, or Breton