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BANSHEE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

(Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death

Synonyms:

banshee; banshie

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("banshee" is a kind of...):

disembodied spirit; spirit (any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings)

Domain category:

folklore (the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture)

Domain region:

Emerald Isle; Hibernia; Ireland (an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland)

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