gaul Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person of French descent
    frog.
  2. noun a Celt of ancient Gaul
  3. noun an ancient region of western Europe that included what is now northern Italy and France and Belgium and part of Germany and the Netherlands
    Gallia.

WordNet

Gaul noun
Etymology
F. Gaule, fr. L. Gallia, fr. Gallus a Gaul.
Definitions
  1. The Anglicized form of Gallia, which in the time of the Romans included France and Upper Italy (Transalpine and Cisalpine Gaul).
  2. A native or inhabitant of Gaul.

Webster 1913