banshee
noun
(in Irish folklore) a spirit in the form of a wailing woman who appears to or is heard by members of a family as a sign that one of them is about to die.
banshie
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a variation of
banshee.
Example Sentences
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Several families of the Highlands of Scotland anciently laid claim to the distinction of an attendant spirit who performed the office of the Irish banshie.
From Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft by Sir Walter Scott
