'Tanist' definitions:
Definition of 'Tanist'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- This family [the O'Hanlons] were tanists of a large territory within the present county of Armagh. --M. A. Lower. [1913 Webster]