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Wraith

Wraith Meaning & Definition
Wraith Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Wraith?

[n] a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Wraith: ghost | shade | specter | spectre | spook

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See Also | apparition | phantom | shadow

Wraith In Webster's Dictionary

\Wraith\, n. [Scot. wraith, warth; probably originally, a guardian angel, from Icel. v["o]r[eth]r a warden, guardian, akin to E. ward. See {Ward} a guard.] 1. An apparition of a person in his exact likeness, seen before death, or a little after; hence, an apparition; a specter; a vision; an unreal image. [Scot.] She was uncertain if it were the gypsy or her wraith. --Sir W. Scott. O, hollow wraith of dying fame. --Tennyson. 2. Sometimes, improperly, a spirit thought to preside over the waters; -- called also {water wraith}. --M. G. Lewis.

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