Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Highland genealogist, chronicler, or bard.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Scot. A bard among the Highlanders of Scotland, who preserved and repeated the traditions of the tribes; also, a genealogist.
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- noun A
bard among theHighlanders ofScotland , who preserved and repeated thetraditions of thetribes . - noun A
genealogist .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The seannachie recited the genealogy of the tribe, which they traced to the race of the Dalriads; the harpers played within, while the war pipes cheered the multitude without.
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(This post was edited by jennifer rose on Jan 11, 2005, 6: 17 AM) seannachie
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He has been inspired by his great grandfather, a seannachie folk historian, who would "go from village to village, telling stories", and his Irish mother's fondness for teaching him and his brothers history through a series of exciting stories.
Archive 2007-03-01 2007
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He has been inspired by his great grandfather, a seannachie folk historian, who would "go from village to village, telling stories", and his Irish mother's fondness for teaching him and his brothers history through a series of exciting stories.
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The seannachie recited the genealogy of the tribe, which they traced to the race of the Dalriads; the harpers played within, while the war pipes cheered the multitude without.
The Fair Maid of Perth St. Valentine's Day Walter Scott 1801
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"Take a glass of wine, Sir Arthur, and drink down that bead-roll of unbaptized jargon, that would choke the devil -- why, that last fellow has the only intelligible name you have repeated -- they are all of the tribe of Macfungus -- mushroom monarchs every one of them; sprung up from the fumes of conceit, folly, and falsehood, fermenting in the brains of some mad Highland seannachie."
The Antiquary — Volume 01 Walter Scott 1801
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"Take a glass of wine, Sir Arthur, and drink down that bead-roll of unbaptized jargon, that would choke the devil -- why, that last fellow has the only intelligible name you have repeated -- they are all of the tribe of Macfungus -- mushroom monarchs every one of them; sprung up from the fumes of conceit, folly, and falsehood, fermenting in the brains of some mad Highland seannachie."
The Antiquary — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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“Take a glass of wine, Sir Arthur, and drink down that bead-roll of unbaptized jargon, that would choke the devil — why, that last fellow has the only intelligible name you have repeated — they are all of the tribe of Macfungus — mushroom monarchs every one of them; sprung up from the fumes of conceit, folly, and falsehood, fermenting in the brains of some mad Highland seannachie.”
The Antiquary 1584
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