tanier, tannier

[Etym. doubtful.] Botany: Caladium sagittæfolium. [CALADIUM, EDDOES.] tanka tăn'-Ist, s . [Irish tanaiste the second in rank, the presumptive or apparent heir to a prince, a lord; tan a country, region, territory] One of a family from which the chiefs of certain Celtic races were chosen by election; usually applied to the actual holder of the lands and honors, and frequently to his chosen succe or. [TANISTRY.] "The chieftains and the tanists , though drawn from the principal families, were not hereditary, but were established by election." -Hume: Hist. Eng . (an. 1612).