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wraith definition

wraith (rāt̸h)

noun

  1. a ghost
  2. the spectral figure of a person supposedly seen as a premonition just before that person's death

Etymology: Scot, earlier warth, guardian angel < ON vǫrthr, guardian < vartha, to ward, guard: for IE base see ward

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