Arvern

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Latin Arvernusbor.
English Arvern

    Borrowed from Latin Arvernus.

    Noun

    Arvern (plural Arverns)

    1. (historical) A member of the Arverns or Arverni, the ancient Gaulish (Celtic) tribe which inhabited what is now the Auvergne region of France.
      • 1655, The Commentaries of C. Julius Cæsar, page 32:
        The Arverns and Rutenes were in due courſe of warre ſubdued by Q. Fabius Maximus […]
      • 1844, The History of France‎[1], pages 26–27:
        In the south the Arverns and all the Iberian populations of Aquitaine had, in general, remained faithful to their hereditary chiefs.
      • 1993, From Gaul to De Gaulle: An Outline of French Civilization‎[2], page 21:
        The Celts—Gauls as the Romans called them—were not a unified people. The numerous Gallic tribes, among which the Parisii, the Belgae, the Sequanes (Sequana-Seine) and the Arverns (in the Auvergne region), were mostly at war with one another.

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