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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A false image formed in a telescope, camera, or other optical device by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses.
  • A ghostwriter.
  • An unwanted image similar to and overlapping or adjacent to the main one on a television screen, caused by the transmitted image being received both directly and via reflection.
  • Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image; a phantom; a glimmering.
  • paganism A nature spirit, ancestor or house spirit (see brownie ) revered in Heathenry.
  • internet An unresponsive user on IRC, resulting from the user's client disconnecting without notifying the server.
  • obsolete The spirit; the soul of man.
  • The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death; an apparition; a specter.

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Verb:

  • intransitive To ghostwrite.
  • transitive To ghostwrite.
  • transitive To haunt.

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