Werewolves

3 definitions found

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

  Werewolf \Were"wolf`\, n.; pl. {Werewolves}. [AS. werwulf; wer a
     man + wulf a wolf; cf. G. w[aum]rwolf, w[aum]hrwolf,
     wehrwolf, a werewolf, MHG. werwolf. [root]285. See {Were} a
     man, and {Wolf}, and cf. {Virile}, {World}.]
     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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The werwolf went about his prey.         --William of
                                                    Palerne.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The brutes that wear our form and face,
           The werewolves of the human race.        --Longfellow.
     [1913 Webster] Werk

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  werewolves
       See {werewolf}