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Definition: BENSHEE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. An alternative spelling for "Banshee": Alt. of Banshie.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Benshee" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1898. (references)

Specialty Expressions: BENSHEE

Expressions Domain Definition
Benshie, Benshee Literature 1: "How oft has the Benshee cried!" [How busy death has been of late with our notables.]-T. Moore: Irish Melodies, No. ii.
2: (see Banshee ). The Scotch Bodach Glay, or Grey Spectre, is a similar superstition; and the Pari-Banou (Nymph of the Air) of the Arabian Nights is also a sort of Benshee. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Definition: BENSHEE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. An alternative spelling for "Banshee": Alt. of Banshie.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "BENSHEE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1898. (references)

Specialty Expressions: BENSHEE

ExpressionsDomainDefinition
Benshie, BensheeLiterature1: "How oft has the Benshee cried!" [How busy death has been of late with our notables.]-T. Moore: Irish Melodies, No. ii.
2: (see Banshee ). The Scotch Bodach Glay, or Grey Spectre, is a similar superstition; and the Pari-Banou (Nymph of the Air) of the Arabian Nights is also a sort of Benshee. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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