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[Padraig Ruad O'Maolagain]

Dunstan said -

>> What would the Gaelic equivelant be for the words,
>
>hero
>champion
>defender
>?

The Celts, being an heroic race, have many words for hero, and they tend to overlap with champion and defender, as a hero is assumed to be both.  Here are some of the Gaelic words:

curaidh     -  champion
diulnach    -  hero
feniagh     -  hero champion
feniaghtach -  noble, chivalrous hero
fendeilagh  -  defender, protector
gaisgeach   -  hero warrior
seud        -  hero, jewel
sonn        -  hero (from suinn catha,
               stave of battle)
treanagh    -  he-man hero

In Service,
Padraig


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