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BANSHIE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does banshie mean?
• BANSHIE (noun)
The noun BANSHIE has 1 sense:
1. (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death
Familiarity information: BANSHIE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
banshee; banshie
Hypernyms ("banshie" 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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