Found 2 items, similar to werewolf.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: werewolf werewolf n : a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf [syn: wolfman, lycanthrope] [also: werewolves (pl)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Werewolf Werewolf \Were"wolf`\, n.; pl. Werewolves. [AS. werwulf; wer a man + wulf a wolf; cf. G. w["a]rwolf, w["a]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]