Etymology

rougarou

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Today it means: A werewolf or werewolf-like creature said to inhabit the swamps in Louisiana (and sometimes French-Canadian) folklore. Full definition →

Louisiana French rougarou
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  1. Louisiana French · borrowed fromrougarou“werewolf”
  2. English todayrougarou

From Louisiana French rougarou (“werewolf”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.