n. [ Ir., clan of the Gaels. ] A secret society of Irish Fenians founded in Philadelphia in 1881. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n.sing. & pl. [ See Gaelic. ] (Ethnol.) A Celt or the Celts of the Scotch Highlands or of Ireland; now esp., a Scotch Highlander of Celtic origin. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gael. Gàidhealach, Gaelach, from Gàidheal, Gael, a Scotch Highlander. ] (Ethnol.) Of or pertaining to the Gael, esp. to the Celtic Highlanders of Scotland;
n. [ Gael. Gaelig, Gàilig. ] The language of the Gaels, esp. of the Highlanders of Scotland. It is a branch of the Celtic. [ 1913 Webster ]