ALL meanings of banshee
ban·shee
B b - countable noun banshee In Irish folk stories, a banshee is a female spirit who warns you by her long, sad cry that someone in your family is going to die. 3
- noun banshee (in Irish folklore) a female spirit whose wailing warns of impending death 3
- noun banshee a female spirit believed to wail outside a house as a warning that a death will occur soon in the family 3
- noun banshee (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. 1
- noun banshee (in Irish legend) a female spirit whose wailing warns of an impending death in a house. 1
- noun banshee Gaelic mythology: female spirit 1
- noun banshee shrill woman 1
- noun banshee In Irish folklore, a female spirit, usually taking the form of a woman whose mournful wailing warns of an impending death. 0
- noun banshee (derogatory) A noisy or ill-tempered woman. 0