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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wraith \Wraith\, n. [Scot. wraith, warth; probably originally, a guardian angel, from Icel. v["o]r[eth]r a warden, guardian, akin to E. ward. See Ward a guard.]
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An apparition of a person in his exact likeness, seen before death, or a little after; hence, an apparition; a specter; a vision; an unreal image. [Scot.]
She was uncertain if it were the gypsy or her wraith.
--Sir W. Scott.O, hollow wraith of dying fame.
--Tennyson. Sometimes, improperly, a spirit thought to preside over the waters; -- called also water wraith.
--M. G. Lewis.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1510s, "ghost," Scottish, of uncertain origin. Weekley and Century Dictionary suggest Old Norse vorðr "guardian" in the sense of "guardian angel." Klein points to Gaelic and Irish arrach "specter, apparition."
Wiktionary
n. A ghost or specter, especially seen just after a person's death.
WordNet
Wikipedia
In the science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis, the Wraith are the original enemy alien species, first introduced in the pilot episode . In the series, they are a vampire-like telepathic race who feed on the "life-force" of humans, and are the dominant power in the Pegasus galaxy. The first season of Atlantis is focused on the main characters finding a way to survive an overwhelming attack by the Wraith. Although in the later seasons new enemies have taken some of the attention away from the Wraith, they remain a potent and ever-present threat to the Atlantis Expedition.
All of the named Wraith who have appeared on Stargate Atlantis are named by humans, as it is unknown whether wraith even have names. John Sheppard often gives captured Wraith amusing/generic Earth names. The majority of non-warrior male and female Wraith were played by the same actors, James Lafazanos and Andee Frizzell respectively. James Lafazanos left the show after season 2. Other male Wraith have been played by Christopher Heyerdahl (season 3 onwards), Jeffrey C. Robinson (season 2), Dan Payne (season 3), James Bamford (season 3), Brendan Penny (season 4), Tyler McClendon (season 5) and Neil Jackson (season 5).
Wraith is a Scottish dialectal word for " ghost", "spirit", see Ghosts in European culture.
Wraith or The Wraith may also refer to:
- redirect Wraith (Marvel Comics)#Hector Rendoza
Category:Characters created by Scott Lobdell Category:Comics characters introduced in 2001
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the wraith is an undead creature.
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Category:Characters created by Bill Mantlo Category:Characters created by Sal Buscema Category:Comics characters introduced in 1976
Wraith is the codename of four unrelated fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. It is also the surname of the character John Wraith.
"Wraith" is a song from indie rock quartet Peace. The track was released in the United Kingdom on 13 January 2013 as the lead single from the band's debut studio album, In Love. "Wraith" was written by the band's front-man Harrison Koisser, having been produced by Jim Abbiss ( Arctic Monkeys, Adele).
Spencer Bridges is a fictional comic book superhero, a member of the superhero team Dynamo 5, which appears in the monthly series of the same name from Image Comics. Created by writer Jay Faerber and artist Mahmud A. Asrar, he first appeared in Dynamo 5 #1 (January 2007). He is a half human, half extraterrestrial hybrid, the child of an alien woman and the Earth superhero, Captain Dynamo, from whom he inherited superhuman abilities.
For the first 24 issues of the series, the character possessed shapeshifting abilities and went by the codename Myriad, though for a brief time he masqueraded as a female masked vigilante called Vigil, who exhibited superhuman strength, speed, and endurance, and expertise in martial arts and acrobatics. It was later revealed that for some time, he had been taking an illegal drug called Flex, that granted him his elevated strength, speed, and endurance, powers that remained permanently bonded to his half-alien physiology after he ceased taking the drug. In issue #25 of the series (October 2009), the character, whose shapeshifting powers had been erased in the previous issue, obtained different powers, in addition to his superhuman strength, speed, and endurance. Now possessing telepathy, he goes by the name Wraith.
With regard to his reasons for making the identity Vigil a female, Bridges has indicated that he is not gay, though not entirely heterosexual either, and that he chose to make the Vigil identity female as an experiment, as his former shapeshifting abilities presented "opportunities".
Wraith, in comics, may refer to:
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Wraith (Marvel Comics), three Marvel characters:
- Wraith (Hector Rendoza), a one-time member of the X-Men
- Wraith (Brian DeWolff), a supervillain adversary of Spider-Man
- Wraith (Zak-Del), a character introduced in the Marvel Comics storyline Annihilation Conquest
- John Wraith, a supporting character in the X-Men comic books who goes by the alias Kestrel
- Wraith (Amalgam Comics) (Todd LeBeau), an Amalgam Comics character from JLX
- Wraith (Image Comics), a member of Dynamo 5, formerly known as Myriad.
- Wraith (independent comics), a funny-animal detective created by Michael T. Gilbert in Quack!, a title of Star Reach Comics
- Wraith (Trinity Comics), a character created by Australian comics creator Frank Dirscherl.
- Wraith: Welcome to Christmasland, a comicbook miniseries written by Joe Hill.
Usage examples of "wraith".
Pe Ell and Walker Boh glaring at each other from opposite corners of the hut - harsh, dark wraiths come from exacting worlds, their silent looks full of warning.
Brother Justice, fell to his wraith knees before the dactyl, bowed his head, and spoke.
The wraith gasps and almost falls off the monitor as if he can totally empathize with the dextral flare.
I did the grownups would probably not let you read this book - Cruels and Hags and Incubuses, Wraiths, Horrors, Efreets, Sprites, Orknies, Wooses, and Ettins.
She had been reduced to a wraith in a brown etamine shift embroidered with starsigns.
At this distance, Dinney and little Hunkie were faint wraiths rather than realities.
The two of them rose, walked out into the yard together, and after Solander checked to see that no one who mattered was looking, Wraith walked through the gate.
Wraith saw a hard-faced older boy coming toward the pantry where he and Solander picked out supplies for him, Smoke, and Jess.
Watching them, Solander was reminded that he would have to create identities for Wraith and his friends if they were to be successfully hidden in plain sight within the household.
Wraith by the long way, though, for Solander already had the lens fitted against the spell-projector and was connecting them when Wraith finally tapped at his door.
She stood there staring at Wraith, and Solander saw something pass between them: some spark, some understanding.
Her voice faded, and Solander saw her lower her lashes and angle her glance toward Wraith for just an instant.
Wraith kept pace with her without any trouble, but poor Solander kept getting left behind.
She glared at Solander with murderous eyes, and Wraith watched Solander shrink in on himself.
They slipped behind the walls, and Wraith noticed that now both Velyn and Solander stared around them as if unable to believe their eyes.