lycanthrope n 1: a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again [syn: {werewolf}, {wolfman}, {lycanthrope}, {loup-garou}]
Lycanthrope \Ly"can*thrope\, n. [Gr. ?; ? a wolf + ? a man.] 1. A human being fabled to have been changed into a wolf; a werewolf. [1913 Webster] 2. One affected with lycanthropy. [1913 Webster]