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 Definitions of werewolf  [ˌwʊlvz]  

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Definition of 'werewolf' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) werewolf
(in folklore) a person who has assumed the form of a wolf.

Etymology:  (bef. 1000; ME werwolf, OE werwulf=wer man (c. Go wair, L vir) +wulfwolf ; c. MD weerwolf, OHG werwolf)

Definition of 'werewolf' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) werewolf, wolfman, lycanthrope, loup-garou
a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again


Definition of 'werewolf' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) werewolf
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


Definitions of 'werewolf' The Nuttall Encyclopedia 

1.  werewolf
a person transformed into a wolf, or a being with a literally wolfish appetite, under the presumed influence of a charm or some demoniac possession.



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