/ kelt; NAmE / noun
1.
a member of a race of people from western Europe who settled in ancient Britain before the Romans came
2.
a person whose ancestors were Celts, especially one from Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Cornwall or Brittany
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WORD ORIGIN
from Latin Celtae (plural), from Greek Keltoi ; in later use from French Celte Breton (taken as representing the ancient Gauls).