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Druid

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noun. A member of an order of priests in ancient Gaul and Britain who appear in Welsh and Irish legend as prophets and sorcerers.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

noun. One of an order of priests or ministers of religion among the ancient Celts of Gaul, Britain, and Ireland.

noun. A member of a society called the United Ancient Order of Druids, founded in London in 1781, for the mutual benefit of the members, and now counting numerous lodges, called groves, in America, Australia, Germany, etc.

noun. In entomology, a kind of saw-fly, a hyme-nopterous insect of the family Tenthredinidœ.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

noun. One of an order of priests which in ancient times existed among certain branches of the Celtic race, especially among the Gauls and Britons.

noun. A member of a social and benevolent order, founded in London in 1781, and professedly based on the traditions of the ancient Druids. Lodges or groves of the society are established in other countries.

noun. a name given, in the south of England, to weatherworn, rough pillars of gray sandstone scattered over the chalk downs, but in other countries generally in the form of circles, or in detached pillars.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

noun. One of an order of priests among certain groups of Celts before the adoption of Christianity.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

noun. a pre-Christian priest among the Celts of ancient Gaul and Britain and Ireland

Word Usage

"I proved myself a magician, what they call a druid, by various sleight-of-hand tricks and occultistic nonsense."

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druid's foot

Form

druidic druidism

Hypernym

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non-christian priest priest

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fluid

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