banshie

HYPHEN

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun banshie has 1 sense

banshie(n = noun.person) banshee - (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death; Array

is a kind of disembodied spirit, spirit

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CIDE DICTIONARY

banshie, n. [Gael. bean-shith fairy; Gael. & Ir. bean woman + Gael. sith fairy.].

A supernatural being supposed to warn a family of the approaching death of one of its members, by wailing or singing in a mournful voice, as under the windows of the house. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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