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
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
The crisp snapping of twigs, succeeded by a rattling of small stones, were caused, not by the pads of the black loup-garou, but by a body weightier and less cowardly.
From The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec by Trevena, John
"Father Gaspard," inquired Sainte-Hélène suddenly, "did you ever hear of such a thing as a loup-garou?"
From The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell
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