Arverns

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A form of Arvern — A member of the Arverns or Arverni, the ancient Gaulish (Celtic) tribe which inhabited what is now the Auvergne region of France.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of Arvern

    The Arverns and Rutenes were in due courſe of warre ſubdued by Q. Fabius Maximus […]

    1655, The Commentaries of C. Julius Cæsar, page 32
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    In the south the Arverns and all the Iberian populations of Aquitaine had, in general, remained faithful to their hereditary chiefs.

    1844, The History of France, pages 26–27

    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.

    1993, From Gaul to De Gaulle: An Outline of French Civilization, page 21
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