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Druid
druid
noun Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Latin ~es, ~ae, plural, from Gaulish ~es; akin to Old Irish drui ~, and perhaps to Old English treow tree Date: 1563 one of an ancient Celtic priesthood appearing in Irish and Welsh sagas and Christian legends as magicians and wizards • ~ic or ~ical adjective, often capitalized
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n. (fem. Druidess) 1 an ancient Celtic priest, magician, or soothsayer of Gaul, Britain, or Ireland. 2 a member of a Welsh etc. Druidic order, esp. the Gorsedd. Derivatives Druidism n. Druidic adj. Druidical adj. Etymology: F druide or L pl. druidae, -des, Gk druidai f. Gaulish druides ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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see Druid DRUID also druid (Druids) A Druid is a priest of the Celtic religion. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n a member of an ancient Celtic group of priests, in Britain, Ireland, and France, before the Christian religion ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1509, from O.Fr. druide, from L. Druidae (pl.), from Gaulish Druides, from O.Celt. *derwijes, representing O.Celt. derwos "true" and *dru- "tree" (especially oak). O.E., too, had the same word for "tree" and "truth" (treow). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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