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GALLIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or pertaining to France or the people of France
Example:
a Gallic shrug
Synonyms:
French; Gallic
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
France (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)
Derivation:
Gaul (a person of French descent)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or pertaining to Gaul or the Gauls
Example:
the Gallic Wars
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Gaul (an ancient region of western Europe that included what is now northern Italy and France and Belgium and part of Germany and the Netherlands)
Derivation:
Gaul (a Celt of ancient Gaul)
