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welch
[welch, welsh] 
Related forms:
welcher, noun
Welch
[welch, welsh] –noun
| 1. | James, born 1940, U.S. poet and novelist. |
| 2. | Joseph Nye, 1890–1960, U.S. trial lawyer. |
| 3. | Robert, Jr., 1899–1985, U.S. candy manufacturer: founder of the John Birch Society 1958. |
| 4. | William Henry, 1850–1934, U.S. medical pathologist and educator. |
welsh
[welsh, welch] –verb (used without object) Informal: Sometimes Offensive.
| 1. | to cheat by failing to pay a gambling debt: You aren't going to welsh on me, are you? |
| 2. | to go back on one's word: He welshed on his promise to help in the campaign. |
Welsh
[welsh, welch] –adjective
| 1. | of or pertaining to Wales, its people, or their language. |
Also, Welch.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME Welische, OE Welisc, deriv. of Walh Briton, foreigner (cf. L Volcae a Gallic tribe); c. G welsch foreign, Italian
bef. 900; ME Welische, OE Welisc, deriv. of Walh Briton, foreigner (cf. L Volcae a Gallic tribe); c. G welsch foreign, Italian
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| welch (wělch) v. Variant of welsh. |
| welsh (wělsh, wělch) intr.v. welshed also welched, welsh·ing also welch·ing, welsh·es also welch·es Informal
[Origin unknown.] welsh'er n. |
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Welch
Welch\, a. See Welsh. [R.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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welch
1857, racing slang, "to refuse or avoid payment of money laid as a bet," probably a disparaging use of the national name Welsh.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Welch (wělch, wělsh), William Henry. 1850-1934.
American pathologist and bacteriologist who discovered the bacteria that causes gas gangrene.
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