n. Chiefly Scots A skilled teller of tales or legends, especially Gaelic ones. [Scots Gaelic seanachaidh, from Old Irish senchaid, variant of senchae, historian, from sen, old; see sen- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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