Meaning of ringwraith | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person who is loyal, as if bound or entranced, to a band, group or organization.
2. Anyone who keeps a magical ring, and is enslaved thereby, and may also be rendered invisible and immortal thereby.

Examples

“It is twisted out of shape⟳ and used for base⟳ purposes by the ringwraiths, the bent ones among the intellectuals, for purposes that are transient...”

“...or shandy quaffers at tennis with Joan Hunter-Dunn, even though many of them are mere ringwraiths of the Thomson Empire.”

“This book, then, is a sort⟳ of tribute: an ode to the Himalaya of heavy rock, a paganish take⟳ on rock and roll, ringwraiths, and the iconic fetish of the gatefold LP."”

“A party of four at one of my stations included a pretty creditable Scarlett O'Hara in her famous green velvet `curtains' gown, a fairy princess complete⟳ with fancy airbrushed wings, a man dressed as either a Ringwraith or the Grim Reaper (I guessed from the absence of a sickle that he was probably a Ringwraith), and George Washington.”

“I had written a number⟳ of short stories in the Twilight Zone and Alfred Hitchcock Presents vein, and a couple of fantasy novels that explored the premise of modernized 'Ringwraiths' invading a 1986 Alabama high school."”

“Like⟳ the Ringwraiths, I need⟳ your acacia unfurled, Enabling my dream-stuns Of fizzing mauve whirls.”

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