Werewolf : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Werewolf	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Werewolf
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
werewolf n a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again Synonym(s): werewolf, wolfman, lycanthrope, loup-garou
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Werewolf \Were"wolf`\, n.; pl. {Werewolves}. [AS. werwulf; wer a man + wulf a wolf; cf. G. w[84]rwolf, w[84]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. The werwolf went about his prey. --William of Palerne. The brutes that wear our form and face, The werewolves of the human race. --Longfellow.