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  • noun A Gael; a member of the Goidelic division of Celtic languages as opposed to the Brythonic division.

Etymologies

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From Old Irish Goídel ("Gael").

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Examples

  • The “fifths” (Ulster, Leinster, Connaught, East and West Munster) may date from the Goidel arrival.

    3. Ireland 2001

  • Pict, Scot, Goidel, Brython, Dane, and Angle, and we have seen how the country came to be, in some sense, united under a single monarch.

    An Outline of the Relations between England and Scotland (500-1707) Robert S. Rait

  • The name Scot which they bore was derived from Scota, daughter of Pharaoh of Egypt, the wife of one of their chiefs; from their chief Miledh they got the name Milesians, and from another chief Goidel they were sometimes called Gadelians, or Gaels.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

  • While on the one hand, Melissa Goidel, SVP of sales at Brand.net, noted that "Innovation equals revenues" is the main message for clients; Kurt Unkel, SVP at the VivaKi Nerve Center, admitted that it's not as easy as that: "It's difficult to get performance-based clients to try out new platforms," he said.

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  • "If you're white, Republican, higher income, you're more likely to be happy with the status quo and to support budget cuts," Goidel said.

    2theadvocate.com Latest News 2010

  • Goidel said because of the questions asked, the statistics don't really show one way or the other but his gut feeling is that Louisiana is becoming more polarized.

    2theadvocate.com Latest News 2010

  • "He's governor largely because of Katrina," Goidel said.

    Dallas / Fort Worth news, weather, sports, traffic and video from cbs11tv.com 2010

  • Goidel said part of the reason for the decline is that "confidence" numbers hit record highs during the first two years of Jindal's term.

    2theadvocate.com Latest News 2010

  • Goidel said he's not surprised small-government conservatives would seek help from Washington in a disaster that threatens the Gulf's water quality and everything that depends on it, from the shrimping industry to tourism.

    Dallas / Fort Worth news, weather, sports, traffic and video from cbs11tv.com 2010

  • Goidel said because of the questions asked, the statistics don't really show one way or the other but his gut feeling is that Louisiana is becoming more polarized.

    2theadvocate.com Latest News 2010

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