[L.] Name of the north-western part of Gaul, now called Bretagne or Brittany. Armoric a., of Armorica or its people, absol. its language. Armorican a. = Armoric sb. an inhabitant of Armorica.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Frankl. T., 1. In *Armorike that cleped is Bretaigne.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., s.v., The name *Armorica was antiently given to all the northern and western coast of Gaul.
1667. Milton, P. L., I. 581. Begirt with British and *Armoric Knights.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., The *Armoric is a dialect of the Welch.
1480. Caxton, Chron. Eng., xlix. 33. I will that this lond *Armorican be callyd lytel britayn.
c. 1645. Howell, Lett. (1650), II. 78. The *Armoricans or the inhabitants of Britany.
1875. Whitney, Life Lang., x. 183. The *Armorican … so nearly allied to the Cornish.
