haunter
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7.9
Someone or something that often appears in the same place, for example a ghost
- noun
- /ˈhɔːntər/
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espíritu
- Every Halloween, the children dress up as ghosts and pretend to be haunters wandering through the streets.
Examples
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Don't let those professional house-haunters scare ya.
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With the shadow of my passion have I darkened Your eyes, Haunter of the depth of my gaze.
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The old mansion is said to be a favorite spot for a haunter that appears at midnight.
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As a local storyteller, I often share tales of the haunter that roams the abandoned park, frightening those who dare to enter.
Synonyms
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8.6
A ghost that people say appears and frightens them at night
is a frequent visitor that appears regularly rather than being merely terrifying
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9.3
An evil spirit that haunts graveyards and eats dead bodies
is a repeated presence in one place rather than a corpse-eating spirit
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9.7
A ghost that makes loud noises and moves things
is a repeated visitor that appears often without causing physical disturbances
How Frequent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Haunter comes from the verb haunt, which meant 'to visit often' or 'live in', plus -er meaning 'one who'. So a haunter is literally 'one who keeps coming back' to a place, like a ghost or a regular visitor.