A person who (according to medieval superstition) was transformed or was capable of transforming himself at times into a wolf; †also, an…

= werewolf, n.

Modern Latin form of lycanthrope, n.

By modern writers used as a synonym of werewolf, n.; one of those persons who (according to medieval superstition) assumed the form of wolves.

= lycanthrope, n.

one who turns or changes his skin; spec. one who can turn into a wolf at will, a were-wolf.