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banshee
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[ˈbanʃiː], (Noun)
Definitions:
- (in Irish legend) a female spirit whose wailing warns of a death in a house
(e.g: the little girl dropped her ice cream and began to howl like a banshee)
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Origin
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late 17th century: from Irish bean sídhe, from Old Irish ben síde ‘woman of the fairies’
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