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banshee

or ban·shie

[ ban-shee, ban-shee ]

noun

  1. (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.


banshee

/ ˈbænʃiː; bænˈʃiː /

noun

  1. (in Irish folklore) a female spirit whose wailing warns of impending death
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of banshee1

First recorded in 1765–75; from Irish bean sídhe “woman of a fairy mound”; bean “woman” (from Old Irish ben; queen ) + sídhe “of a fairy mound” (from Old Irish síde, genitive of síd “fairy mound”; sídh )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of banshee1

C18: from Irish Gaelic bean sídhe , literally: woman of the fairy mound
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Example Sentences

There was a man at my screening with the most irritating banshee laugh, which he would unleash at the most base-level moments of humor.

When the sheriff-to-be is killed, the man assumes his identity, Lucas Hood, and becomes the new Sheriff of Banshee.

The first season of Banshee, meanwhile, was completely outrageous (in a good way).

It is probably sometimes the one and sometimes the other; and its origin is very possibly like that of the Banshee.

By that time they were down in the servant's pantry where Polly was moaning and groaning and wailing like a banshee.

I left the road, circled the house with the turbine screaming like a banshee and the car taking the corners on the outside wheels.

The car shuddered, howled like a wounded banshee, and then leaped forward with a roar.

"Good old Dog; he's treed the Banshee," and Yan rushed out into the darkness.

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