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    BANSHEE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

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

    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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