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tanist |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tanist \Tan"ist\, n. [Ir. tanaiste tanaise second the second person in rank, the presumptive or apparent heir to a prince.] In Ireland, a lord or proprietor of a tract of land or of a castle, elected by a family, under the system of tanistry. This family [the O'Hanlons] were tanists of a large territory within the present county of Armagh. --M. A. Lower.
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