werehare

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From were- +‎ hare.

Noun

werehare (plural werehares)

  1. (fiction) A shapeshifter who can assume the form of a hare.
    • 1993, M. C. Varley, Adventures in Wonderland: A Wonderland Howl-Oween‎[1], illustrated edition, Disney Press, →ISBN, page 26:
      “‘Oh my,’ cried the first camper. ‘Now I understand you completely. You've turned into a werehare!’
    • 2013 April 2, Pseudonymous Bosch, Write This Book: A Do-It-Yourself Mystery‎[2], illustrated edition, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, →ISBN:
      Like all the children in the neighborhood, A____ and Z____ had grown up hearing strange stories about the Were-Hare, the monster rabbit who allegedly haunted the woods behind their street. According to legend, the Were-Hare had teeth of gold, so long they reached below his chin. Anybody bitten by the Were-Hare went mad—and believed for the rest of his life he was a rodent in human form. On the other hand, anybody who managed to extract one of the Were-Hare's teeth would have good luck for as long as he could keep the tooth.
    • 2015 June 9, Lev Grossman, The Magicians Trilogy Books 1-3: The Magicians; The Magician King; The Magicians Land‎[3], Penguin, →ISBN:
      "Maybe it wasn't the Seeing Hare at all, maybe it was a person in hare form. A were-hare. Look, I don't know!"
    • 2020 March 31, MaryJanice Davidson, “Chapter 3”, in Bears Behaving Badly‎[4], volume 1, Sourcebooks, Inc., →ISBN:
      If he hadn't know better, he'd have thought she was a werehare, something that lived to nibble grass and hide. Not the infuriated creature who had nearly killed a werewolf in his prime.
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