Tanist

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun

English

Etymology

Irish tánaiste, literally ‘second-in-command’.

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈtænɪst/

Noun

Singular tanist

Plural tanists

1. The heir apparent to a Celtic clan, who will succeed the chief

   • 1922: Lover, for her love he prowled with colonel Richard Burke, tanist of his sept, under the walls of Clerkenwell and, crouching, saw a flame of vengeance hurl them upward in the fog. — James Joyce, Ulysses