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Loups
(gcide) | Pawnees \Paw`nees"\, prop. n. pl.; sing. Pawnee. (Ethnol.)
A tribe of Indians (called also Loups) who formerly
occupied the region of the Platte river, but now (1890) live
mostly in the Indian Territory (Oklahoma). The term is often
used in a wider sense to include also the related tribes of
Rickarees and Wichitas. Called also Pani.
[1913 Webster] Pawner |
Loups
(gcide) | Loups \Loups\, n. pl.; sing. Loup. [F., prop., a wolf.]
(Ethnol.)
The Pawnees, a tribe of North American Indians whose
principal totem was the wolf.
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Loups-garous
(gcide) | Loup-garou \Loup`-ga`rou"\, n.; pl. Loups-garous. [F., fr.
loup wolf + a Teutonic word akin to E. werewolf.]
A werewolf; a lycanthrope.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The superstition of the loup-garou, or werewolf,
belongs to the folklore of most modern nations, and has
its reflex in the story of "Little Red Riding-hood" and
others. --Brinton.
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