Definition for HEL-VET'IC

HEL-VET'IC, a. [Sax. Hæfelden, the Helvetii. Qu. hill-men or high hill-men.]

Designating what pertains to the Helvetii, the inhabitants of the Alps, now Swisserland, or what pertains to the modern states and inhabitants of the Alpine regions; as, the Helvetic confederacy; Helvetic states.

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