Werewolf /(?)/

Were·wolf

Werewolf

n.

pl. Werewolves

  1. 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.