| 单词 | scottish gael |
| 释义 | > as lemmasScottish Gael Scottish Gael n. [compare earlier Scotch Gael n. at Scotch adj. and n.3 Compounds 2 and Irish Gael n. at Irish adj. and n. Compounds 3] speakers of Scottish Gaelic, considered collectively; (also, as a count noun) a speaker of Scottish Gaelic; cf. earlier Scotch Gael n. at Scotch adj. and n.3 Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1800 Edinb. Mag. Aug. 90/2 His unexampled arrogance in vilifying the Irish nation, of which the Scottish Gael is only a colony. 1818 J. G. Lockhart tr. F. Schlegel Lect. Hist. Lit. I. vi. 267 The knowledge of it [sc. Ossianic poetry] was at all times confined to the small circle of the Scottish Gaels. 1829 Q. Rev. 41 155 The indigenous Irish, the Cambro-Britons of Wales, or the Scottish Gael, or Highlanders. 1908 W. A. Craigie in Old Highlands 133 It was the literature that the Scottish Gael had enjoyed in common with their Irish kith and kin. 2000 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 17 Sept. 19 The present anxiety of some Scottish Gaels about the future of their language is understandable. < as lemmas |
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