Wraith \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.]
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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.]
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She was uncertain if it were the gypsy or her
wraith. --Sir W.
Scott.
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O, hollow wraith of dying fame. --Tennyson.
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2. Sometimes, improperly, a spirit thought to preside over
the waters; -- called also water wraith. --M. G. Lewis.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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61 Moby Thesaurus words for "wraith":
Doppelganger, Masan, apparition, appearance, astral, astral spirit,
banshee, co-walker, control, departed spirit, disembodied spirit,
double, doubleganger, duppy, dybbuk, eidolon, etheric double,
fantasy, fetch, figure, form, ghost, grateful dead, guide, hant,
haunt, idolum, image, immateriality, incorporeal,
incorporeal being, incorporeity, larva, lemures, manes,
materialization, oni, phantasm, phantasma, phantasmagoria, phantom,
poltergeist, presence, revenant, shade, shadow, shape,
shrouded spirit, specter, spectral ghost, spirit, spook, sprite,
theophany, unsubstantiality, vision, waking dream,
walking dead man, wandering soul, wildest dream, zombie
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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Wraith \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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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