Definition of tanist

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Tanist (n.) In Ireland, a lord or proprietor of a tract of land or of a castle, elected by a family, under the system of tanistry..

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Montanist :: Montanist (n.) A follower of Mintanus, a Phrygian enthusiast of the second century, who claimed that the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete, dwelt in him, and employed him as an instrument for purifying and guiding men in the Christian life..
Lutenist :: Lutenist (n.) Same as Lutanist.
Phytolithologist :: Phytolithologist (n.) One versed in phytolithology; a paleobotanist.
Gloxinia :: Gloxinia (n.) American genus of herbaceous plants with very handsome bell-shaped blossoms; -- named after B. P. Gloxin, a German botanist..
Paleophytologist :: Paleophytologist (n.) A paleobotanist.
Satanist :: Satanist (n.) A very wicked person.
Callyciflorous :: Callyciflorous (a.) Having the petals and stamens adnate to the calyx; -- applied to a subclass of dicotyledonous plants in the system of the French botanist Candolle.
Soosoo :: Soosoo (n.) A kind of dolphin (Platanista Gangeticus) native of the river Ganges; the Gangetic dolphin. It has a long, slender, somewhat spatulate beak..
Phrygian :: Phrygian (n.) A Montanist.
Vaticanist :: Vaticanist (n.) One who strongly adheres to the papal authority; an ultramontanist.
Botanologer :: Botanologer (n.) A botanist.
Lutanist :: Lutanist (n.) A person that plays on the lute.
Phytologist :: Phytologist (n.) One skilled in phytology; a writer on plants; a botanist.
Platanist :: Platanist (n.) The soosoo.
Botanist :: Botanist (n.) One skilled in botany; one versed in the knowledge of plants.
Tanistry :: Tanistry (n.) In Ireland, a tenure of family lands by which the proprietor had only a life estate, to which he was admitted by election..
Linnean :: Linnean (a.) Of or pertaining to Linnaeus, the celebrated Swedish botanist..
Paleobotanist :: Paleobotanist (n.) One versed in paleobotany.
Ultramontanist :: Ultramontanist (n.) One who upholds ultramontanism.
Tanist :: Tanist (n.) In Ireland, a lord or proprietor of a tract of land or of a castle, elected by a family, under the system of tanistry..
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