English Explanatory Dictionary

wolf's head

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In mediaeval times, an outlaw; one who may be slain without judicial enquiry.

Word forms

wolf's head wolf's heads

Etymology

Calque of Latin caput lupinum.

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