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In old French he was _loupgarou_, which means the same thing; except that _garou_ means man-wolf in itself without the antecedent _loup_, so that, as Madden observes, the whole word is one of those reduplications of which we have an example in _lukewarm_.
Popular Tales from the Norse George Webbe Dasent 1856
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At Dole, two years afterwards, Gilles Garnier, a native of Lyons, was indicted for being a loupgarou, or man-wolf, and for prowling in that shape about the country at night to devour little children.
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2 Charles Mackay 1851
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To loupgarou I know I screenshotted the page, and I’m sure many others did as well.
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Gevaudan "to be a _loupgarou_, and that, I think, is his last appearance.
Among My Books First Series James Russell Lowell 1855
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