haint.

A ghost or haunting spirit in chiefly Southern United States regional usage.

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Words that belong together

• a haint in the house
• haint stories
• drive away a haint

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Her grandmother called it a haint and would not give it any other name.

The haint stories followed the old road even after the houses were demolished.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Singular haint; plural haints. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.