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‖ toisech Sc. Hist.|ˈtoʃəx|
[Gaelic tòisech lord, chief; = Welsh tywysog ‘dux, princeps’: cf. tòisich to begin, tùs, toiseach beginning, front, and Taoiseach.]
A personage or officer of the third rank (in order king, mormaer, tòisech) in ancient Celtic Scotland, corresponding generally to the later chief of a clan.
1836Skene Highlanders Scot. (1902) I. vii. 114 There can be little doubt that the Gaelic title of Toisich was peculiar to the oldest cadet. 1885Edin. Rev. Apr. 309 The Celtic ‘Toisechs’ took their corresponding place as Chiefs of Clans. 1900Watt Aberdeen & Banff ii. 49 A few appear to have been descendants of the old toisechs. |