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the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people
- the people who once lived here believed that their world was populated by wraiths and witches
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“Wraith.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wraith. Accessed 28 Sep. 2022.
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The first known use of wraith was in 1513
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