'Lycanthrope' definitions:
Definition of 'lycanthrope'
(from WordNet)
noun
A monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again [syn: werewolf, wolfman, lycanthrope, loup-garou]
Definition of 'Lycanthrope'
From: GCIDE
- Lycanthrope \Ly"can*thrope\, n. [Gr. ?; ? a wolf + ? a man.]
- 1. A human being fabled to have been changed into a wolf; a werewolf. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One affected with lycanthropy. [1913 Webster]