Meaning Of The Word Banshee

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banshee
countable noun: In Irish folk stories, a banshee is a female spirit who warns you by her long, sad cry that someone in your family is going to die.

banshee in American English
a female spirit believed to wail outside a house as a warning that a death will occur soon in the family
noun: a spirit in the form of a wailing woman who appears to or is heard by members of a family as a sign that one of them is about to die

banshee in British English
noun: (in Irish folklore) a female spirit whose wailing warns of impending death

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