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nightmarchers

nightmarchers is the plural of nightmarcher.

Meaning of nightmarcher

Noun

nightmarcher (plural nightmarchers)

  1. In Hawaiian folklore, a ghost of an ancient Hawaiian warrior who marches together with other such ghosts on certain sacred nights from their burial sites or the ocean to the sites of ancient battles or sacred places.
    • ... happening in, will not become confused and angry in his efforts to get out. Beds should not be placed directly opposite doorways. One keeps indoors when the Nightmarchers are abroad. On certain nights these progressions of ghosts can […]1988, John Donald Kingsley, The Antioch Review

Questions about nightmarchers

What is nightmarchers the plural of?
Nightmarchers is the plural of nightmarcher.

Words near nightmarchers in the dictionary

  1. nightlives
  2. nightlong
  3. nightly
  4. nightman
  5. nightmarcher
  6. nightmarchers
  7. nightmare
  8. nightmare disorder
  9. nightmare disorders
  10. nightmare fuel
  11. nightmared

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