Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An ancient region of western Europe south and west of the Rhine River, west of the Alps, and north of the Pyrenees, corresponding roughly to modern-day France and Belgium. The Romans extended the designation to include northern Italy, particularly after Julius Caesar's conquest of the area in the Gallic Wars (58–51 BC).
- noun A Celt of ancient Gaul.
- noun A French person.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun etc. An obsolete or occasional spelling of
gall , gall, etc. - See gowl, yowl.
- noun A wooden pole or bar used as a lever.
- noun An inhabitant of ancient Gaul, a country divided by the Alps into Cisalpine Gaul (northern Italy) and Transalpine Gaul (modern France, with Belgium and parts of Germany, of Switzerland, and of the Netherlands); specifically, a member of the Gallic or Celtic race, in distinction from other races settled in the same regions.—2. In modern use, a Frenchman: as, the lively Gaul.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The Anglicized form of
Gallia , which in the time of the Romans included France and Upper Italy (Transalpine and Cisalpine Gaul). - noun A native or inhabitant of Gaul.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A
Roman -era region roughly corresponding to modernFrance andBelgium - noun A person from
Gaul .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a Celt of ancient Gaul
- noun an ancient region of western Europe that included what is now northern Italy and France and Belgium and part of Germany and the Netherlands
- noun a person of French descent
Etymologies
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Examples
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C.ESAR'S C.MPAIGNS IN GAUL, 58-50 B.C. The story of his career in Gaul has been related by C.esar himself in the famous _C.mmentaries_.
Early European History Hutton Webster
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In the same imperial or poetical generalization, we find England massed with France under the term Gaul, and bounded by the "Caledonian rampart."
Our Fathers Have Told Us Part I. The Bible of Amiens John Ruskin 1859
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Britons in Gaul is proved in the sixth century, by Procopius,
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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For a first tale, Asterix the Gaul is a great tale that very nicely introduces a new reader into the world of Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo.
Retro Review: Asterix The Gaul | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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Remember that the roman republic initially only wanted to help its allies in Gaul, only wanted to secure grain shipments from Egypt, only wanted to defend Greece from the macedonian tyrant ...
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“Best keep an eye on goings-on in Gaul,” The Ec0nomist concludes.
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And of Julius Caesar he writes while in Gaul, Caesar had slaughtered a m illion men, women, and children and enslaved a million more.
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Across the known world, in Gaul, in Egypt, everywhere, this is the way of things.
THE HALLS OF PENTHEUS -- PART TWO Hal Duncan 2007
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Which Roman general wrote: "All Gaul is divided into three parts"?
August 2007 2007
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It's all centered around a small village in Gaul, the last outpost against the Roman army, helped by a magic potion which gives them incrediable strength.
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