Meanings
plural wereleopards
- fantasyA shapeshifter who can change between leopard and human form.
A) “One of them was a wereleopard; the other was a werewolf; both of them were strippers.”
2008 June 22, Dwight Garner, “Inside the List”, in New York Times2 more examples
They are believed to be "Ju-Ju" or were-leopards, and in this guise to roam through the forest in bands, bent on evil and destruction.
1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 168While there'd been whispers about the Pack being unhappy with me for entangling myself with a wereleopard, Caitlyn wasn't just a wereleopard to me. She was my mate. A wolf didn't choose those kinds of things.
2019, Sarah Makela, The Leopard Who Claimed A Wolf: New Adult Shifter Romance, Kissa Press LLC, →ISBN
Origin
Translations
French léopard-garou
- léopard-garoushapeshifter assuming the shape of a leopard
Japanese 豹人間
- 豹人間 (hyō ningen)shapeshifter assuming the shape of a leopard
Polish lampartołak
- lampartołakshapeshifter assuming the shape of a leopard
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