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Topic: FOLKLORE

Language: Old English
Origin: werwulf, from wer 'man' + wulf 'wolf'

werewolf

 noun
     
were‧wolf plural werewolves [countable]
RF a person who, in stories, changes into a wolf every month when the moon is full
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