"seannachie" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈʃænəxi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-seannachie.wav [Southern-England] Forms: seannachies [plural]
Etymology: From Irish seanchaí and Scottish Gaelic seanchaidh. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ga|seanchaí}} Irish seanchaí, {{bor|en|gd|seanchaidh}} Scottish Gaelic seanchaidh Head templates: {{en-noun}} seannachie (plural seannachies)
  1. (Highland, Scotland) A bard among the Highlanders of Scotland, who preserved and repeated the traditions of the tribes. Tags: Scotland Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-seannachie-en-noun-xuvNGsYB Disambiguation of People: 99 1 Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 54 46
  2. A genealogist.
    Sense id: en-seannachie-en-noun-tf7PejSO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: seannachy, senachy, sennachie

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