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- noun Dated form of
banshee .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death
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Examples
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She screamed like a banshie today when she saw the eclipse trailor!
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Several families of the Highlands of Scotland anciently laid claim to the distinction of an attendant spirit who performed the office of the Irish banshie.
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I am rightly informed, the distinction of a banshie is only allowed to families of the pure Milesian stock, and is never ascribed to any descendant of the proudest Norman or boldest Saxon who followed the banner of Earl Strongbow, much less to adventurers of later date who have obtained settlements in the Green Isle.
Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft Walter Scott 1801
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distinction of a banshie is only allowed to families of the pure Milesian stock, and is never ascribed to any descendant of the proudest Norman or boldest Saxon who followed the banner of Earl Strongbow, much less to adventurers of later date who have obtained settlements in the Green Isle.
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