Meaning of banemand | Babel Free

Definitions

1. bane, killer, especially a male one
   archaic, common-gender, poetic
2. person, group, organization etc. that defeats a rival and/or ends somebody else's career etc.
   archaic, common-gender, figuratively, poetic

Equivalents

Examples

“Hun er fortællingens centrum, dens drivkraft og - i sidste ende - dens banemand.”

She is the center of the narrative, its driving force and - ultimately - its killer.

“Ras Øje, de ondes banemand, den store jægerske, ildkvinden og så videre. Fedt, tænkte jeg.”

Eye of Ra, bane of evil people, the great huntress, the woman of fire, etc. Great, I thought.

“„Kig godt på hende. Hun er din banemand.“”

„Look carefully at her. She is your bane.“

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