banshee: Meaning and Definition of

ban•shee

Pronunciation: (ban'shē, ban-shē'), [key]

— 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.

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