WEREWOLVES

WEREWOLF

werewolf, wolfman, lycanthrope, loup-garou

(noun) a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

werewolves

plural of werewolf

Source: Wiktionary


WEREWOLF

Were"wolf`, n.; pl. Werewolves. Etym: [AS. werwulf; wer a man + wulf a wolf; cf. G. wärwolf, währwolf, wehrwolf, a werewolf, MHG. werwolf. Were a man, and Wolf, and cf. Virile, World.]

Definition: A person transformed into a wolf in form and appetite, either temporarily or permanently, whether by supernatural influences, by witchcraft, or voluntarily; a lycanthrope. Belief in werewolves, formerly general, is not now extinct. The werwolf went about his prey. William of Palerne. The brutes that wear our form and face, The werewolves of the human race. Longfellow.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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