- ban·shee
- /ˈbænˌʃiː/ noun, pl -shees [count]: a female spirit in Irish and Scottish stories who cries loudly to warn people that someone is going to die soon
I heard someone wailing/screaming like a banshee.
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ban|shee — or ban|shie «BAN shee, ban SHEE», noun. a female spirit in Irish and Scottish folk belief, whose wail is supposed to mean that there will soon be a death in the family. ╂[< Irish bean sīdhe woman of the fairies] … Useful english dictionary
BAN`SHEE — among the Irish, and in some parts of the Highlands and Brittany, a fairy, believed to be attached to a family, who gave warnings by wailings of an approaching death in it, and kept guard over it … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
ban|shie — ban|shee or ban|shie «BAN shee, ban SHEE», noun. a female spirit in Irish and Scottish folk belief, whose wail is supposed to mean that there will soon be a death in the family. ╂[< Irish bean sīdhe woman of the fairies] … Useful english dictionary
shee — ban·shee; buck·shee; shee; shee·fish; shee·ney; shee·nie; … English syllables
ban — af·ro cu·ban; al·a·ban·dite; al·ban·ite; an·a·ban·tid; ar·a·ban; ban·at; Ban·bury; ban·ca; ban·cal; ban·cha; ban·croft·i·an; ban·da; ban·dag·er; ban·da·ite; ban·da·ka; ban·da·lore; ban·dan·na; ban·dan·naed; ban·dar; ban·dar log; ban·deau;… … English syllables
Ban|gla|desh|i — «BAHNG gluh DEHSH ee, DAY shee», noun, plural desh|is or desh|i adjective. –n. a native or inhabitant of Bangladesh (the former province of East Pakistan). –adj. of or having to do with Bangladesh or its people … Useful english dictionary
banshee — ban·shee … English syllables
banshee — /ban shee, ban shee /, n. (in Irish folklore) 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. Also, banshie. [1765 75; < Ir bean sidhe woman of a fairy mound;… … Universalium
banshee — ban•shee or ban•shie [[t]ˈbæn ʃi, bænˈʃi[/t]] n. myt (in Irish folklore) 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 • Etymology: 1765–75; < Ir bean sídhe … From formal English to slang
banshee — ban|shee [ˈbænʃi:] n [Date: 1600 1700; : Scottish Gaelic; Origin: bean sith, probably from Old Irish ben side woman of fairyland ] a female ↑spirit whose loud cry is believed to be heard when someone is going to die ▪ She was screaming like a… … Dictionary of contemporary English
