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banshee definition

ban·shee or banshie ban′·shie (ban′s̸hē)

noun

Celt. Folklore a female spirit believed to wail outside a house as a warning that a death will occur soon in the family

Etymology: Ir bean sidhe < bean, woman (see gyno-) + sith, fairy

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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