English Explanatory Dictionary

nightmarcher

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

nightmarcher nightmarchers

Etymology

From night + marcher. Calque of Hawaiian huakaʻi pō.

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