banshee
banshee is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A supernatural being supposed by the Irish and Scotch peasantry to warn a family of the speedy death of one of its members, by wailing or singing in a mournful voice under the windows of the house.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- air
- and
- bad
- cloud-compeller
- demiurge
- deva
- dryad
- fairy
- familiar
- fay
- folklore
- genius
- god
- goddess
- good
- hamadryad
- heathen
- kelpie
- mermaid
- moonshine
- mythology
- naiad
- nereid
- night
- nixie
- nymph
- oread
- pantheon
- peri
- pixy
- sibyl
- spirit
- sprite
- sylph
- sylphid
- the
- tutelary
- water
- wood
- you
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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