Banquo

American  

[bang-kwoh, -koh] / ˈbæŋ kwoʊ, -koʊ /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

“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

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

White pointed to other recent examples of cross-gender casting, which is having a bit of a moment on New York stages: Danai Gurira in the titular role in the Public Theater’s production of “Richard III” in Central Park; the original Persephone in “Hadestown,” Amber Gray, who left the production in the spring to play Banquo in “Macbeth” on Broadway; the all-female, nonbinary and transgender cast of the upcoming Broadway revival of the musical “1776.”

From New York Times

One American commentator this week suggested that Boris Johnson will haunt Liz Truss' premiership like Banquo's ghost in "Macbeth," which is a nice literary flourish but not quite right.

From Salon