tanist

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtænɪst/

Noun

tanist (plural tanists)

The heir presumptive to a Celtic clan.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses
  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.

Anagrams

-statin, Nittas, Titans, nittas, statin, taints, tintas, titans

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