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Botanist
Botanist Bot"a*nist, n. [Cf. F. botaniste.] One skilled in botany; one versed in the knowledge of plants.
Lutanist
Lutanist Lut"a*nist, n. [LL. lutanista, fr. lutana lute. See Lute the instrument.] A person that plays on the lute. --Johnson.
Montanist
Montanist Mon"ta*nist, n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Mintanus, a Phrygian enthusiast of the second century, who claimed that the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete, dwelt in him, and employed him as an instrument for purifying and guiding men in the Christian life. -- Mon`ta*nis"tic, Mon`ta*nis"tic*al, a.
Montanistic
Montanist Mon"ta*nist, n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Mintanus, a Phrygian enthusiast of the second century, who claimed that the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete, dwelt in him, and employed him as an instrument for purifying and guiding men in the Christian life. -- Mon`ta*nis"tic, Mon`ta*nis"tic*al, a.
Montanistical
Montanist Mon"ta*nist, n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Mintanus, a Phrygian enthusiast of the second century, who claimed that the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete, dwelt in him, and employed him as an instrument for purifying and guiding men in the Christian life. -- Mon`ta*nis"tic, Mon`ta*nis"tic*al, a.
Paleobotanist
Paleobotanist Pa`le*o*bot"a*nist, n. One versed in paleobotany.
Platanist
Platanist Plat"a*nist, n. [L. platanista a sort of fish, Gr. ?: cf. F. plataniste.] (Zo["o]l.) The soosoo.
Platanista Gangeticus
Soosoo Soo"soo, n. (Zo["o]l.) A kind of dolphin (Platanista Gangeticus) native of the river Ganges; the Gangetic dolphin. It has a long, slender, somewhat spatulate beak. [Written also susu.]
Satanist
Satanist Sa"tan*ist, n. A very wicked person. [R.] --Granger.
Tanistry
Tanistry Tan"ist*ry, n. [See Tanist.] In Ireland, a tenure of family lands by which the proprietor had only a life estate, to which he was admitted by election. Note: The primitive intention seems to have been that the inheritance should descend to the oldest or most worthy of the blood and name of the deceased. This was, in reality, giving it to the strongest; and the practice often occasioned bloody feuds in families, for which reason it was abolished under James I.
Ultramontanist
Ultramontanist Ul`tra*mon"ta*nist, n. One who upholds ultramontanism.

Meaning of Tanist from wikipedia

- is a Gaelic system for p****ing on titles and lands. In this system the Tanist (Irish: Tánaiste; Scottish Gaelic: Tànaiste; Manx: Tanishtey) is the office...
- The Stone of Scone (/ˈskuːn/; Scottish Gaelic: An Lia Fàil; Scots: Stane o Scone), also known as the Stone of Destiny, is an oblong block of red sandstone...
- Niall Connallagh O'Neill, tanist of Tyrone (1519–1544), and was fostered by the O'Lunaigh family of Munterluney. As tanist, Niall Connallach was designated...
- John Shaw of Tordarroch, died in Spain on 22, October 2017; his heir and Tanist is his only son Iain Shaw of Tordarroch, now 23rd Chief of Clan Shaw. Armigers...
- eight solar years, was divided equally between the sacred king and his tanist; and Lycaon's fifty sons—one for every month of the sacred king's reign—will...
- title of secundarius, which may indicate a position similar to the Celtic tanist, a recognised successor closely ****ociated with the reigning monarch. This...
- his deputy or 'tanist' (Irish: tánaiste, plural tanaistí). When the king died, his tanist would automatically succeed him. The tanist had to share the...
- to be his deputy or 'tanist' (tánaiste). When the chieftain or king died, his tanist would automatically succeed him. The tanist had to share the same...
- Brian, as baron of Dungannon, when the latter was ********inated by Shane's tanist Turlough Luineach O'Neill in 1562. Hugh O'Neill was proclaimed Earl of Tyrone...
- Robert Bruce, 5th Lord of Annandale, known as "The Competitor" was sometime Tanist (a particularly Gaelic type of heir) to the throne. On the death of Alexander...