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wereman en · NOUN

Etymology

From were- + man.

Meanings

  1. A shapeshifter, generally non-human (especially a wolf), who can assume the form of a man.
    • “I'm a wereman, not a monkey.” “Oi! Robbins! I saw that!” They turned to see an elderly man striding across the courtyard, his face blanketed in a thick grey beard and moustache. 2012, Tom Becker, Darkside 5: Blackjack, Scholastic UK, →ISBN:
    • “Many vampires came, with a wereman in charge. They set fire to the house. Anna grabbed what she could, and Rip teleported her to safety. Levi fought the wereman, but he lost.” Her voice faltered. 2013, Tara Fox Hall, Immortal Confessions, A Promise Me Origins Tale, →ISBN, page 156:
    • “The hat turned him into a wereman.” “Most dangerous werebeast of all. So it's said.” 2012, Graham Edwards, Dead Wolf in a Hat, 40K, →ISBN:
    • “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:

Forms

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weremen Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

werehuman