hant

noun

Definition of hantnext
dialect
as in ghost
the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people they are so superstitious that they think they see hants everywhere

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  1. ghost
  2. apparition
  3. spirit
  4. phantom
Noun
  • According to Taiwanese rural folklore, figures spotted in yellow coats in the mountainous forests are not human, but ghosts who seek to lead the living astray.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
  • That night, Elizabeth’s ghost possesses Jill to speak to Jack.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of ghost
Noun
  • More than five million visited the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe near the site of her apparition in the days ahead of her feast day in 2023, according to estimates shared by the Associated Press.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 12 Oct. 2024
  • Marilyn Monroe’s apparition has been seen at the Roosevelt in Hollywood; Civil War soldiers have been spotted at the Marshall House in Savannah, Georgia.
    Brooke Bobb, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2024
Definition of apparition
Noun
  • The luxury stay has 24-hour room and concierge service included in the price, as well as premium spirits and à la carte restaurants.
    Tess Foley-Cox, theweek, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Caro Holdings intends to expand its marketplace platform to the pet care and spirits industries in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2024
Definition of spirit
Noun
  • Gloria and Ruby arrive soon enough, dragging husbands and humdrum lives from elsewhere in Britain, but Joan is the real phantom — no one in the family has seen her for twenty years.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
  • Mary Holland is joining the cast as Patience, the ghost of an ultra-judgmental Puritan woman abandoned by gay Revolutionary War phantom Isaac (Brandon Scott Jones).
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of phantom
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