The Welsh call themselves Cymry, in the plural, and a Welshman Cymro,
and their country Cymru, of which the adjective is Cymreig, and the
name of their language Cymraeg. They are a branch of the Celtic family,
and a relic of the earliest known population of England, driven into
the mountains of Wales by the Anglo- Saxon invaders.
Welsh"er (?), n. One who cheats at a horse race; one who bets, without
a chance of being able to pay; one who receives money to back certain
horses and absconds with it. [Written also welcher.] [Slang, Eng.]
Welsh"man (?), n.; pl. Welshmen (&?;).