Lycanthrope

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lycanthrope \Ly"can*thrope\, n. [Gr. ?; ? a wolf + ? a man.]
     1. A human being fabled to have been changed into a wolf; a
        werewolf.
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     2. One affected with lycanthropy.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lycanthrope
       n : a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf [syn:
            {werewolf}, {wolfman}]