Pict

Pict
noun Etymology: Middle English Pictes, plural, Picts, from Old English Pihtas, from Late Latin Picti Date: before 12th century a member of a people of the north of Scotland who are first noted in historical records in the late third century and who became amalgamated with the Scots in the mid-eighth century • Pictish adjective or noun

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  • Pict — Picts Picts, n. pl.; sing. {Pict}. [L. Picti; cf. AS. Peohtas.] (Ethnol.) A race of people of uncertain origin, who inhabited Scotland in early times. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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