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ban-hound

ban-hound noun: a dog that fulfills or executes a curse (ban).

Noun

ban-hound (plural ban-hounds)

  1. A dog that fulfills or executes a curse (ban).
    • [T]hose dames were wont to make their appearance, arrayed in green, in the neighbourhood of Llyn Barfog, chiefly at eventide, accompanied by their kine and hounds, and that on quiet summer nights in particular, these ban-hounds were often to be heard in full cry pursuing their prey[.]1853 July, Archaeologia Cambrensis, London: W. Pickering, page 203
    • `Rash man!' she said; `like Actæon, thou hast had thy will; be careful lest, like Actæon, thou too dost perish miserably, torn to pieces by the ban-hounds of thine own passions.'1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC

Forms of ban-hound

pluralban-hounds

Questions about ban-hound

What does ban-hound mean?
Ban-hound means a dog that fulfills or executes a curse (ban).
What part of speech is ban-hound?
Ban-hound is a noun.
What is the plural of ban-hound?
The plural of ban-hound is ban-hounds.

Words near ban-hound in the dictionary

  1. ban mian
  2. ban overtime
  3. Ban'daidhihdhoo
  4. Ban'daveri
  5. Ban'didhoo
  6. ban-hound
  7. ban-hounds
  8. ban-the-bomber
  9. ban-the-bombers
  10. Bana
  11. Banaadir

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