banshee

  • 41banshee — noun Etymology: Irish bean sídhe & Scottish Gaelic bean sìth, literally, woman of fairyland Date: 1771 a female spirit in Gaelic folklore whose appearance or wailing warns a family that one of them will soon die …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 42Banshee — Son espíritus femeninos benévolos. Estos espíritus guardianes se apegan a una persona o familia para toda la vida y predicen su inminente muerte y accidentes por medio de gemidos y gritos, y a la que se le consulta para emprender algo atrevido o… …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 43banshee — Synonyms and related words: Ariel, Befind, Corrigan, Finnbeara, Mab, Masan, Oberon, Titania, apparition, appearance, astral, astral spirit, brownie, cluricaune, control, departed spirit, disembodied spirit, duppy, dwarf, dybbuk, eidolon, elf,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 44BANSHEE — 1. Balloon and Nike Scale High Explosive Experiments Contributor: CASI 2. Burning Anomaly Rate Factor Contributor: CASI …

    NASA Acronyms

  • 45banshee —  Evil spirit; in Gaelic, bean sídhe …

    Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • 46banshee — ban·shee || bæn ʃiː n. banshie, banshe, female spirit whose screeching foreshadows death (Irish Folklore) …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 47banshee —    (BAN shee) [Irish] In Irish legend, the spirit of a woman whose wailing was thought to foretell a death …

    Dictionary of foreign words and phrases

  • 48banshee — [ban ʃi:, banʃi:] noun (in Irish legend) a female spirit whose wailing warns of a death in a house. Origin C17: from Ir. bean sídhe, from Old Ir. ben síde woman of the fairies …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 49banshee — noun (C) a spirit whose loud cry is believed to be heard when someone is going to die …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 50banshee — ban·shee …

    English syllables

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