Taoiseach

Definition

The head of the government of Ireland, comparable to a prime minister of a Commonwealth of Nations country.

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish Taoiseach (“chieftain, leader; prime minister of Ireland”). The plural form Taoisigh is borrowed from Irish Taoisigh.

Example Sentences

• "Article 28. […] 5. 1º The head of the Government, or Prime Minister, shall be called, and is in this Constitution referred to as, the Taoiseach. 2º The Taoiseach shall keep the President generally informed on matters of domestic and international policy."
• "To cope with the situation created at home by the war so close at hand, an Taoiseach (Prime Minister [Éamon] de Valera) rearranged his cabinet and formed a Ministry of Supplies under one of his ablest men."
• "The only leader of the 1916 Easter rebellion to escape hanging, [Éamon d]e Valera lost the civil war, then won elections that made him taoiseach (prime minister) for 19 years."