nightmarcher

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noun
Definitions
  • 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.

Etymology

Compound from English night (noun sense, the conventional time for a person to be in bed, verb sense) + English marcher.

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English

marcher

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