tanist

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The heir presumptive to the chieftainship or kingship of a Celtic clan in ancient Ireland, Scotland or Mann. historical
    — 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.

词形变化

tanists plural

词源

From Irish tánaiste (“second-in-command”). Doublet of Tánaiste.
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