Definition of Loup-gerou
||Loup`-ga`rou" (?), n.; pl.
Loups-garous (#). [F., fr. loup wolf + a
Teutonic word akin to E. werewolf.] A werewolf; a
lycanthrope.
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.
||Loup`-ga`rou" (?), n.; pl.
Loups-garous (#). [F., fr. loup wolf + a
Teutonic word akin to E. werewolf.] A werewolf; a
lycanthrope.
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's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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