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单词 sennachie
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sennachie

[ sen-uh-kee ]
/ ˈsɛn ə ki /

noun Chiefly Scot., Irish.

a professional storyteller of family genealogy, history, and legend.
Also shan·a·chie [shan-uh-kee]. /ˈʃæn ə ki/.

Origin of sennachie

First recorded in 1530–40; from Scots Gaelic seanachaidh, from Irish Gaelic seanachaidhe, from Old Irish senchaid, variant of senchae “historian,” equivalent to sen “old, ancient” + cūis “matter, affair”; see senior

Words nearby sennachie

senior service, seniti, Senlac, senna, Sennacherib, sennachie, Sennar, sennet, Sennett, sennight, sennit
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Example sentences from the Web for sennachie

  • All the clansmen and servants in the same house are massacred, all save one, an old domestic and a sennachie.

    The Celtic Magazine, Vol. I, No. VI, April 1886|Various
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