Associations to the word «Celt»

Wiktionary

CELT, proper noun. A member of one of the ancient peoples of Western Europe called Celtae by the Romans.
CELT, proper noun. A member of one of the (modern, Celtic) peoples who speak Celtic languages. (Compare Gael.)
CELT, noun. A prehistoric chisel-bladed tool

Dictionary definition

CELT, noun. A member of a European people who once occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul prior to Roman times.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats