cymryEtymologyBorrowed from Welsh Cymry, q.v. Cognate with English Cambrian and Cymric.nounSynonym of Welsh: the Welsh people collectively.“The natural conclusion is that the Silurians or Iberians, now represented by the little, dark Welshmen, are the oldest existing race in Wales, and, though now speaking Cymraeg, were long before the Cymry there.”