Tan"i*er (?), n. (Bot.) An aroid plant (Caladium sagittæfolium), the
leaves of which are boiled and eaten in the West Indies. [Written also
tannier.]
Tan"ist (?), n. [Ir. tanaiste, tanaise, second, the second person in
rank, the presumptive or apparent heir to a prince.] In Ireland, a lord
or proprietor of a tract of land or of a castle, elected by a family,
under the system of tanistry.
This family [the O'Hanlons] were tanists of a large territory within
the present county of Armagh.