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单词 toisech
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toisechn.

/ˈtəʊʃəx/
Etymology: < Gaelic tòisech lord, chief; = Welsh tywysog ‘dux, princeps’: compare tòisich to begin, tùs , toiseach beginning, front, and Taoiseach n.
Scottish History.
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.
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1836 W. F. Skene Highlanders Scotl. (1902) I. vii. 114 There can be little doubt that the Gaelic title of Toisich was peculiar to the oldest cadet.
1885 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 309 The Celtic ‘Toisechs’ took their corresponding place as Chiefs of Clans.
1900 W. Watt Aberdeen & Banff ii. 49 A few appear to have been descendants of the old toisechs.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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