Etymology

From were- +‎ leopardCategory:English terms prefixed with were-#LEOPARD.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈwɪəlɛpəd/, /ˈwɛəlɛpəd/Category:English 3-syllable words#WERELEOPARDCategory:English 3-syllable words#WERELEOPARDCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#WERELEOPARD
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈwɛɹlɛpɚd/, /ˈwɪɹlɛpɚd/Category:English 3-syllable words#WERELEOPARDCategory:English 3-syllable words#WERELEOPARDCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#WERELEOPARD

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Noun

wereleopard (plural wereleopards)Category:English lemmas#WERELEOPARDCategory:English nouns#WERELEOPARDCategory:English countable nouns#WERELEOPARDCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#WERELEOPARDCategory:Pages with entries#WERELEOPARDCategory:Pages with 1 entry#WERELEOPARD

1. (fantasyCategory:en:Fantasy#WERELEOPARD, mythologyCategory:en:Mythology#WERELEOPARD) A shapeshifter who can change between leopard and human form.
   • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 168:

     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.

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   • 2008 June 22, Dwight Garner, “Inside the List”, in New York Times‎:

     A) “One of them was a wereleopard; the other was a werewolf; both of them were strippers.”

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   • 2019, Sarah Makela, The Leopard Who Claimed A Wolf: New Adult Shifter Romance, Kissa Press LLC, →ISBN:

     While 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.

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