Ætolian (etolian)

and n. [ II. n. One of the race anciently inhabiting Ætolia. The Ætolians, though famous in the heroic age, were rude and barbarous as late as the time of the Peloponnesian war, and were not even reckoned as Greeks till a late period; but they attained to considerable power through their warlike prowe after the time of Alexander the Great and their gallantry against the invading Gauls.