werewolf
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- noun
- /ˈwɛrˌwʊlf/
- Literature
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hombre lobo
- As a self-hating monster, I have some pretty strong opinions about the whole werewolf thing.
- become a werewolf
So right now she is getting married to the werewolves for a peace treaty.
- So right now she is getting married to the werewolves for a peace treaty.
- And in the Goblet movie, one of the teachers is a werewolf.
- And so we had a tiny like puppet of a baby werewolf that bursts through my stomach and sprays blood on everyone.
- But as of right now it is every other werewolf guy story.
- Like that isn't the disease that causes werewolf dumb or whatever.
- It sounds like this man is a werewolf of some sorts because he he.
Examples
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Centuries ago, anyone suspected of being a werewolf was put to death.
Academic text (2011) -
The thing is, the werewolf is not a new monster at all.
Academic text (2011) -
Then I say, of course, my favorite werewolf is my son, Don Junior.
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First, find the werewolf that bit you.
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I would just love to meet a werewolf and invite him to lunch.
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What if the werewolf is Red Sheridan?
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But for teen Scott McCall, becoming a werewolf was just about the greatest thing that ever happened to him.
Academic text (2011) -
Another panel shows a huge werewolf eating a monk under a frowning sun.
Fiction book (1997) -
"How was it that you killed a werewolf, Casimir?" A lump formed in his throat.
Fiction book (1992) -
According to local legend, the old man in the village is said to be a werewolf who transforms under the full moon.
Synonyms
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A person who turns from a human into a wolf during the full moon
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A person who turns into a wolf at the full moon
A person who turns into a wolf and back
Surface Forms
Etymology
Werewolf comes from Old English parts were- 'man' and -wolf 'wolf'. So it simply means 'man-wolf', which explains why a werewolf is a person who turns into a wolf.