About The Word Ghoul

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Ghoul

Ghoul Meaning & Definition
Ghoul Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ghoul?

[n] an evil spirit or ghost
[n] someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection

Synonyms | Synonyms for Ghoul: body snatcher | graverobber

Related Terms | Find terms related to Ghoul: afreet | ape-man | Baba Yaga | barghest | body snatcher | bogey | bogeyman | booster | bugaboo | bugbear | cacodemon | chicken thief | con man | crook | daeva | demon | den of thieves | devil | devil incarnate | Dracula | dybbuk | embezzler | evil genius | evil spirit | fee-faw-fum | fiend | fiend from hell | filcher | Frankenstein | frightener | ganef | genie | genius | ghost | grafter | grave robber | gyre | harpy | hellhound | hellion | hellkite | hobgoblin | holy terror | horror | incubus | jewel thief | jinni | jinniyeh | lamia | land pirate | land shark | land-grabber | larcener | larcenist | lifter | Lilith | monster | nightmare | ogre | ogress | peculator | petty thief | phantom | pilferer | poacher | prowler | purloiner | rakshasa | revenant | robber | satan | scarebabe | scarecrow | scarer | scrounger | shedu | shoplifter | sneak thief | specter | stealer | succubus | swindler | terror | the undead | thief | vampire | werewolf | white-collar thief | Wolf-man | yogini

See Also | evil spirit | stealer | thief

Ghoul In Webster's Dictionary

\Ghoul\, n. [Per. gh?l an imaginary sylvan demon, supposed to devour men and animals: cf. Ar. gh?l, F. goule.] An imaginary evil being among Eastern nations, which was supposed to feed upon human bodies. [Written also {ghole} .] --Moore.

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