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sen⋅na⋅chie

[sen-uh-kee]
–noun Chiefly Scot., Irish.
a professional storyteller of family genealogy, history, and legend.
Also, shanachie [shan-uh-kee] .
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shan·a·chie   (shān'ə-kē)   
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 Indo-European roots.]
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