Banquo

[bang-kwoh, -koh]

noun

1. (in Shakespeare'sMacbeth ) a murdered thane whose ghost appears to Macbeth.

Example Sentences

Banquo will be made a ghost and Lady Macduff and her children will be slaughtered in their castle.

From Los Angeles Times

“Good sir, why do you start and seem to fear / Things that do sound so fair,” Banquo questions him in my edition of the play.

From Los Angeles Times

Even before Macbeth lays eyes on the ghost of Banquo at the banquet, he adopts a version of Hamlet’s antic disposition, laughing strangely and behaving erratically.

From Los Angeles Times

When the freshly murdered Banquo crashes the party, Macbeth’s crackup goes into overdrive, suggesting a psychotic break more than a bad conscience.

From Los Angeles Times

He predicted that Mr. Johnson would haunt Mr. Sunak’s predecessor, Liz Truss, like Banquo’s ghost tormented Shakespeare’s Macbeth — a prediction that did not come to pass, if only because Ms. Truss served a mere 50 days.

From New York Times