'Loup-garou' definitions:
Definition of 'loup-garou'
From: WordNet
noun
A monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again [syn: werewolf, wolfman, lycanthrope, loup-garou]
Definition of 'Loup-garou'
From: GCIDE
- Loup-garou \Loup`-ga`rou"\, n.; pl. Loups-garous. [F., fr. loup wolf + a Teutonic word akin to E. werewolf.] A werewolf; a lycanthrope. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- The superstition of the loup-garou, or werewolf, belongs to the folklore of most modern nations, and has its reflex in the story of "Little Red Riding-hood" and others. --Brinton. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]