loup-garou
Americannoun
plural
loups-garousExample Sentences
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George Rodrigue, who died in 2013, was catapulted to fame by his blue dog paintings, which were based on a Cajun legend called loup-garou.
From BBC • Jan. 8, 2015
When the show began, patrons viewed a cinema which showed the cheetah, by this time almost as legendary as a loup-garou, retrieving duck and pheasant.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had often heard tales of the loup-garou, or witch wolf, whom no bullet could kill.
From Followers of the Trail by Stecher, William F. (William Frederick)
Both knew the legend of the loup-garou, the grim tradition of the peasants of Quebec which the coureurs des bois have carried with them into every part of Canada.
From Murder Point A Tale of Keewatin by Dawson, Coningsby
They had already been informed that if they did not keep still when the lady returned they would be given to the loup-garou and other mythical and traditional terrors of habitant childhood.
From The Peace of Roaring River by Koerner, W. H. D. (William Henry Dethlef)
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