banshie

ban·shee also ban·shie  (bnsh)

n.

A female spirit in Gaelic folklore believed to presage, by wailing, a death in a family.

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[Irish Gaelic bean sídhe, woman of the fairies, banshee : bean, woman (from Old Irish ben; see g^wen- in Indo-European roots) + sídhe, fairy (from Old Irish síde, genitive of síd, fairy mound; see sed- in Indo-European roots).]

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Noun

1.

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