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toiseach

toiseach is the alternative form of taoiseach.

Meaning of taoiseach

Noun

taoiseach (plural taoiseachs or taoisigh)

  1. (Ireland, historical) A chieftain or leader.
    • Every diſtrict in the land, in which an Iriſh Taoiſeach or lord reſided, was obliged to entertain a Daniſh chief, to whom he was to ſubmit, and from whom he was to receive orders for the governing of his people; for theſe laſt would receive no commands, but directly from their own chiefs.1803, S[ylvester] O’Halloran, chapter III, in An Introduction to and an History of Ireland, volume III, Dublin: […] H. Fitzpatrick, […], →OCLC, page 163

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Forms of toiseach

pluraltoiseachs

Questions about toiseach

What is toiseach the alternative form of?
Toiseach is the alternative form of taoiseach.

Words near toiseach in the dictionary

  1. TOIs
  2. TOISA
  3. Toisanese
  4. TOISAs
  5. toise
  6. toiseach
  7. toiseachs
  8. toisech
  9. toisechs
  10. toises
  11. Toishan

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