loups-garous

Variant of loup-garou

loup-garou definition

loup-garou (lo̵̅o̅ gȧ ro̵̅o̅′)

noun pl. loups-garous loups-garous′ (lo̵̅o̅ gȧ ro̵̅o̅′)

werewolf

Etymology: Fr < loup, wolf (< L lupus) + garou, werewolf < OFr garolf < Frank *werwulf, akin to OE werwulf, werewolf

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