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wereman

wereman noun: a shapeshifter, generally non-human (especially a wolf), who can assume the form of a man.

Noun

wereman (plural weremen)

  1. A shapeshifter, generally non-human (especially a wolf), who can assume the form of a man.
    • “He's a wereman, my dear George; a wolf that becomes a man during the day.”1962, Arthur Calder-Marshall, The Scarlet Boy
    • The story concerns itself rather with a wereman, a wolf cursed with transformation into a man. A nude man is found in the wolf's cage of the zoo, with no knowledge of how he came there. He is taken to a hospital for examination, […]1966, Drake Douglas, Horror!, New York: Macmillan

Examples of wereman in a sentence

  • “The hat turned him into a wereman.” “Most dangerous werebeast of all.2012, Graham Edwards, Dead Wolf in a Hat, 40K, →ISBN:
  • “Many vampires came, with a wereman in charge.2013, Tara Fox Hall, Immortal Confessions, A Promise Me Origins Tale, →ISBN, page 156:

Forms of wereman

pluralweremen

Origin of wereman

From were- + man.

Questions about wereman

What does wereman mean?
Wereman means a shapeshifter, generally non-human (especially a wolf), who can assume the form of a man.
How do you use wereman in a sentence?
“The hat turned him into a wereman.” “Most dangerous werebeast of all.
What part of speech is wereman?
Wereman is a noun.
What is the plural of wereman?
The plural of wereman is weremen.

Words near wereman in the dictionary

  1. werelioness
  2. werelionesses
  3. werelions
  4. weremammoth
  5. weremammoths
  6. wereman
  7. weremen
  8. weremonkey
  9. weremonkeys
  10. weren
  11. weren't

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