Wēre'-wolf, n.

n. [A-S. werwulf, from wer, a man, and wulf, a wolf; N. H. Ger. wärwolf, währwolf, wehrwolf; M. H. Ger. werwolf, L. Ger. waarwulf, L. Lat. gerulphus, O. Fr. garou, garou, N. Fr. loup-garou.] Man-wolf; a person fabulously regarded as capable of becoming a wolf at pleasure.