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sennachie
[ sen-uh-kee ]
noun
, Chiefly Scot., Irish.
- a professional storyteller of family genealogy, history, and legend.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sennachie1
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”; senior ( def )
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Example Sentences
All the clansmen and servants in the same house are massacred, all save one, an old domestic and a sennachie.
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