wereleopard en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈwɪəlɛpəd/ (UK)
- /ˈwɛəlɛpəd/ (UK)
- /ˈwɛɹlɛpɚd/ (US)
- /ˈwɪɹlɛpɚd/ (US)
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Etymology
From were- + leopard.
Meanings
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A shapeshifter who can change between leopard and human form.
While there'd been whispers about the Pack being unhappy with me for entangling myself with a wereleopard, Caitlyn wasn't just a wereleopard to me. She was my mate. A wolf didn't choose those kinds of things.
2019, Sarah Makela, The Leopard Who Claimed A Wolf: New Adult Shifter Romance, Kissa Press LLC, →ISBN:They are believed to be "Ju-Ju" or were-leopards, and in this guise to roam through the forest in bands, bent on evil and destruction.
1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 168:A) “One of them was a wereleopard; the other was a werewolf; both of them were strippers.”
2008 June 22, Dwight Garner, “Inside the List”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| wereleopards | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (3)
ja 豹人間 (shapeshifter assuming the shape of a leopard) · fr léopard-garou (shapeshifter assuming the shape of a leopard) · pl lampartołak (shapeshifter assuming the shape of a leopard)