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Definition of: Pict
(pikt) noun
One of an ancient people of uncertain origin who inhabited Britain and the Scottish Highlands, and waged war on the Romans: conquered in 846 by the Scots. [<LL Picti,? <L pictus, pp. of pingere paint; with ref. to their being painted or tattooed]
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