Definition of "Welsh"

Welsh

/wɛlʃ/

adjective
not comparable
1. (now historical) (Native) British; pertaining to the Celtic peoples who inhabited much of Britain before the Roman occupation.
  Quotations
  The Tudors, it was argued, were of Welsh or ancient British descent.
  1985, Michael Wood, In Search of the Trojan War
2. Of or pertaining to Wales.
3. Of or pertaining to the Celtic language of Wales.
4. Designating plants or animals from or associated with Wales. (See Derived terms.)
noun
countable and uncountable, plural Welsh
1. (uncountable) The Welsh language.
  Quotations
  9 minutes to 2. We just stopped to have our horses' mouths washed, and there all people spoke welsh.
  1832, Queen Victoria, journal, 6 Aug 1832
2. (collectively, in the plural) The people of Wales.
3. A breed of pig, kept mainly for bacon.
proper noun
plural Welshes
1. An English and Scottish surname transferred from the nickname for someone who was a Welshman or a Celt.
2. An Irish surname, a variant of Walsh.
3. A town in Louisiana, United States, named for early landowner Henry Welsh.
4. An unincorporated community in Ohio, United States, named for an early settler.