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noun
In Hawaiian folklore, a ghost of an ancient Hawaiian warrior who marches together with other such ghosts on certain sacred nights from their burial sites or the ocean to the sites of ancient battles or sacred places.
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History
From night + marcher. Calque of Hawaiian huakaʻi pō.
