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specter
has definitions from the field of folklore
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[ noun ] a mental representation of some haunting experience
Examples "he looked like he had seen a ghost" "it aroused specters from his past" Used in print (Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)The white clad trees stood like specters in the February night . (S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)Some sort_of nemesis was haunting his footsteps , he told us in a quavering voice - either an ape specter or Abe_Spector , a process_server , we could n't determine which . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (folklore) a ghostly appearing figure
Synonyms Examples "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us" Related terms |
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