loups-garous
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pluralof loup-garou.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
loup-garounouna werewolf; lycanthrope.
Example Sentences
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Likewise, one might run into haints, phantasmagorical flaming skulls, duppies, lycanthropic loups-garous and more.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2021
He opens the door and window that have been shut tight against strangers and the loups-garous, the werewolves that stalk the nights of the superstitious.
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It was late October,—a time which might be called the yearly Sabbath of loups-garous.
From The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World by Mary Hartwell Catherwood
They are the loups-garous; in their bodies ride the spirits of devils, and there they will ride until the bodies die.
From Nomads of the North A Story of Romance and Adventure under the Open Stars by James Oliver Curwood
"However," muttered the old man, and it was some comfort to the vague aching in his breast to formulate one fact as solid as the heights around, "it is certain that there are loups-garous."
From The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World by Mary Hartwell Catherwood