"nightmarcher" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: nightmarchers [plural]
Etymology: night + marcher. Calque of Hawaiian huakaʻi pō. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|night|marcher}} night + marcher, {{calque|en|haw|huakaʻi pō}} Calque of Hawaiian huakaʻi pō Head templates: {{en-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. Wikipedia link: Nightmarchers Categories (topical): Characters from folklore, Hawaiian mythology
    Sense id: en-nightmarcher-en-noun-2GHus7j8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Ghosts

Inflected forms

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