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wher-wolf

wher-wolf is the obsolete form of werewolf.

Meaning of werewolf

Noun

werewolf (plural werewolves)

  1. A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to do so during a full moon.
    • Near-synonym: dogman

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Forms of wher-wolf

pluralwher-wolves

Questions about wher-wolf

What is wher-wolf the obsolete form of?
Wher-wolf is the obsolete form of werewolf.

Words near wher-wolf in the dictionary

  1. whensoëver
  2. Whenuapai
  3. whenwe
  4. whenwes
  5. whept
  6. wher-wolf
  7. wher-wolves
  8. where
  9. where are the snows of yester-year
  10. where are the snows of yesteryear
  11. where are the toilets

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wher-wolf (page history and authors); werewolf (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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