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Dru⋅id

  [droo-id]
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–noun (often lowercase)
a member of a pre-Christian religious order among the ancient Celts of Gaul, Britain, and Ireland.
Origin:
1555–65; < L druidae (pl.) < Gaulish; r. druide < F; cf. OIr druí (nom.), druid (dat., acc.) wizard

Related forms:
dru⋅id⋅ic, dru⋅id⋅i⋅cal, adjective
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dru·id also Dru·id   (drōō'ĭd)   
n.  A member of an order of priests in ancient Gaul and Britain who appear in Welsh and Irish legend as prophets and sorcerers.

[From Latin druidēs, druids, of Celtic origin; see deru- in Indo-European roots.]
dru·id'ic (drōō-ĭd'ĭk), dru·id'i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj., dru·id'i·cal·ly adv., dru'id·ism n.
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Word Origin & History

Druid 
1509, from O.Fr. druide, from L. Druidae (pl.), from Gaulish Druides, from O.Celt. *derwijes, representing O.Celt. derwos "true" and *dru- "tree" (especially oak) + *wid- "to know" (cf. vision). Hence, lit., perhaps, "they who know the oak." O.E., too, had the same word for "tree" and "truth" (treow). The Eng. form comes via L., not immediately from Celtic. The O.Ir. form was drui (dat. and acc. druid; pl. druad); Mod.Ir. and Gael. draoi, gen. druadh "magician, sorcerer." Not to be confused with United Ancient Order of Druids, secret benefit society founded in London 1781.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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