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Word entry · 7 letters

banshee

Best crossword clue

"Wailing folklore spirit"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /bænˈʃiː/Part of speech nounSorted abeehnsStarts with BEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death

Word origin

Borrowed from Irish bean sí, from Old Irish ben síde (literally “woman of the fairy mound”). The term banshee entered English in 1771.

Used in a sentence

  • Late had he heard, in prophet's dream, / The fatal Ben-Shie's boding scream […].
  • Where's this old banshee that runs the place?

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