ban·shee

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

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