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单词 gaeilgeoir
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Gaeilgeoirn.

Brit. /ˈɡ(w)eɪlɡɔː/, U.S. /ˈɡ(w)eɪlˌɡɔr/, Irish English /ˈɡ(w)eːlɡɒːr/
Inflections: Plural Gaeilgeoirí Brit. /ˈɡ(w)eɪlɡɔːri/, U.S. /ˈɡ(w)eɪlˌɡɔri/, Irish English /ˈɡ(w)eːlɡɒːri/, Gaeilgeoirs.
Forms: 1900s– Gaeilgeoir, 1900s– Gaeilgoir (nonstandard), 1900s– Gaedhilgeoir; also occasionally with lower-case initial.
Origin: A borrowing from Irish. Etymon: Irish Gaeilgeoir.
Etymology: < Irish Gaeilgeoir (formerly also Gaedhilgeóir ) speaker of Irish, learner of Irish (mid 19th cent. or earlier) < Gaeilge , Gaedhilge the Irish language (see Gaeilge n.) + -oir, suffix forming agent nouns.The Irish word was apparently formed in the context of the 19th-cent. language revival movements as an alternative to Gael Gael n., to include speakers who were not of a traditionally Irish-speaking background; it was subsequently popularized by its association with the Gaelic League (Conradh na Gaeilge) from the 1890s. The English plural Gaeilgeoirí reflects the Irish plural form. Attested slightly earlier in the name of an Irish-speaking sports club:1900 Irish Daily Independent 29 Aug. 2/2 The ʻGaeidhilgeoiriʼ began operations again on Saturday in the Park, and of course Irish was the only langauge [sic] used.
Chiefly Irish English.
A speaker of Irish; an enthusiast for or expert in the Irish language.
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1901 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 26 July 6/8 All the Gaedhilgeoiri know that the old classic music of Ireland is found in conjunction with Irish words.
1956 Nationalist & Leinster Times (Ireland) 17 Nov. 4 Michael Krauss is an unusual type of Gaeilgeoir... This young American-Hungarian is the first Celtic scholar to make the Irish of Irishmen his special field.
1992 Irish Times (Nexis) 21 Aug. 8 The popularity of Colaiste Eoin and Colaiste Iosagain [sc. two all-Irish schools] has outgrown the Gaeilgeoir community, and their catchment areas now extend from Wicklow to..Co Meath.
2020 Enniscorthy (County Wexford, Ireland) Guardian (Nexis) 18 Jan. Tom O'Shea was a devoted family man and proud teacher.., husband, father, grandad, brother,..Gaeilgeoir, historian,..neighbour.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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