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1. çoğ. were.wolves (wir´wûlvz) i., mit.
2. kurt şekline girmiş insan.
3. kurt şekline girebilen kimse. kurtadam. kurt adam. kurt adam. çoğ. were.wolves (wir´wûlvz) i., mit.
4. kurt şekline girebilen kimse. kurt adam.
5. kurt adam, kurt şekline girebilen kimse; Al, i, kurt şekline girmiş insan.
6. kurtadam.
7. kurt adam. bazen kurda dönüşen kimse.
8. kurt adam.

Etymology : Middle English, from Old English werwulf , from wer man + wulf wolf; more at VIRILE, WOLF
Pronunciation : 'wir-"wulf, 'wer-, 'w&r-
Function : noun
Date : before 12th century

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1. wolf-man, man who turns into a wolf when the moon is full (Folklore). werewolf\were"wolf`\ , n.; pl. werewolves (#). [as. werwulf; wer a man + wulf a wolf; cf. g. w?rwolf, w?hrwolf, wehrwolf, a werewolf, mhg. werwolf. ?285. see: were a man, and wolf, and cf. virile, world.] a person transformed into a wolf in form and appetite, either temporarily or permanently, whether by supernatural influences, by witchcraft, or voluntarily; a lycanthrope. belief in werewolves, formerly general, is not now extinct. the werwolf went about his prey. --william of palerne. the brutes that wear our form and face, the werewolves of the human race. [werewolf a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf [syn: wolfman, lycanthrope].
2. A person transformed into a wolf in form and appetite, either temporarily or permanently, whether by supernatural influences, by witchcraft, or voluntarily; a lycanthrope.
3. Belief in werewolves, formerly general, is not now extinct. a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf.
4. In stories and films, a werewolf is a person who changes into a wolf. werewolves a person who, in stories, changes into a wolf every month when the moon is full. In European folklore, a man who changes into a wolf at night and devours animals, people, or corpses, returning to human form by day. Some werewolves are thought to change shape at will; others, who inherited the condition or acquired it by being bitten by a werewolf, are transformed involuntarily under the influence of a full moon. Belief in werewolves is found throughout the world and was especially common in 16th-century France. Humans who believe they are wolves suffer from a mental disorder called lycanthropy.