loups-garous

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loups-garous - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.]