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druid

Syllables: flu·idUK/ˈdɹuːɪd/

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British/ˈdɹʉwɪd/

druid noun: one of an order of priests among certain groups of Celts before the adoption of Abrahamic religions.

Noun (1)

druid (plural druids)

  1. (historical) One of an order of priests among certain groups of Celts before the adoption of Abrahamic religions.
  2. (roleplaying games) A priest or mage who uses magic based on nature or trees.

Noun (2) capitalized: Druid

Druid (plural Druids)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of druid.
    • You can find hundreds of Druids at Stonehenge.
  2. A member of a benefit society founded in 1781, the Ancient Order of Druids.

Forms of druid

pluraldruids
pluralDruids

Plural of druid: druids

Origin of druid

Borrowed from French druide, from Old French, via Latin Druidae, from Gaulish *druwits, from Proto-Celtic *druwits (literally either “oak-knower” or “firm knower, great sage”), from either Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”) or *drew- (“solid, firm, hard”) and *weyd- (“to see, to have knowledge”) (whence also English wizard; Proto-Slavic *vědьma (> Russian ве́дьма (védʹma))). The earliest record of the term in Latin is by Julius Caesar in the first century B.C. in his De Bello Gallico. The native Celtic word for "druid" is first attested in Latin texts as druides (plural) and other texts also employ the form druidae (akin to the Greek form). Cognate with the later insular Celtic words, Old Irish druí (“druid, sorcerer”) and early Welsh dryw (“seer”).

Words formed from druid

Words that rhyme with druid

Questions about druid

What does druid mean?
Druid means one of an order of priests among certain groups of Celts before the adoption of Abrahamic religions.
What part of speech is druid?
Druid is a noun.
How do you pronounce druid?
Druid is pronounced /ˈdɹuːɪd/ (UK).
What is the plural of druid?
The plural of druid is druids.

Words near druid in the dictionary

  1. drugtaking
  2. Drugubite
  3. Drugubites
  4. drugular
  5. Druguvite
  6. druid
  7. druid's circle
  8. druid's circles
  9. druidcraft
  10. druidess
  11. druidesses

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