Tanist

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtænɪst/

Origin

From Irish tánaiste ("second-in-command").

Full definition of tanist

Noun

1. The heir presumptive to a Celtic clan.
• 1922, James Joyce, UlyssesLover, 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.

Anagrams

• statin
• taints
• titans, Titans