ETYM AS. werwulf; wer a man + wulf a wolf; cf. German wärwolf, währwolf, wehrwolf, a werewolf, Mid. High Germ. werwolf. Related to Were a man, and Wolf, Virile, World.
(Irregular plural: werewolves).
A monster able to change appearance from human to wolf; SYN. wolfman, lycanthrope.
Human being transformed into wolf.
Abortive Nazi resistance organization against the Allied invasion of Germany 1945. It only succeeded in attracting a few diehard Nazi fanatics and, with no broad support, collapsed when the Allies rounded up the remaining Nazi leaders.
In folk belief, a human being either turned by spell into a wolf or having the ability to assume a wolf form. The symptoms of porphyria may have fostered the legends.
Homme que des gens ignorants, superstitieux, accusaient d'être sorcier, et de courir, la nuit, par les rues et les champs, transformé en loup (loups-garous).