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banshee

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ban·shee also ban·shie  (bnsh)
n.
A female spirit in Gaelic folklore believed to presage, by wailing, a death in a family.
[Irish Gaelic bean sídhe, woman of the fairies, banshee : bean, woman (from Old Irish ben; see gwen- in Indo-European roots) + sídhe, fairy (from Old Irish síde; see sed- in Indo-European roots).]
banshee
Noun
(in Irish folklore) a female spirit whose wailing warns of a coming death [Irish Gaelic bean sídhe woman of the fairy mound]
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Noun1.bansheebanshee - (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death
banshie
folklore - the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture
Emerald Isle, Hibernia, Ireland - an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
disembodied spirit, spirit - any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings
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A shell screaming like a storm banshee went over the huddled heads of the reserves.
The Red Badge of Courage by Crane, Stephen View in context
I talked to that banshee myself an hour ago, and I sent that banshee up to the tower and told her to sing out like that if she could get a glimpse of our friend writing his proclamation.
The Man Who Knew Too Much by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
A couple of years ago I had a seven-ton cutter-rigged yacht, the Banshee, and we ran over to Madeira from Falmouth.
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