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spectre
DEFINITIONS OF:
spectre
1
n
a ghostly appearing figure
Synonyms:
apparition
,
fantasm
,
phantasm
,
phantasma
,
phantom
,
specter
Types:
Flying Dutchman
the captain of a phantom ship (the Flying Dutchman) who was condemned to sail against the wind until Judgment Day
Type of:
disembodied spirit
,
spirit
any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings
n
a mental representation of some haunting experience
Synonyms:
ghost
,
shade
,
specter
,
spook
,
wraith
Type of:
apparition
,
fantasm
,
phantasm
,
phantasma
,
phantom
,
shadow
something existing in perception only
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