"were-" meaning in English

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            "Characters from folklore",
            "Horror",
            "Mythological creatures",
            "Shapeshifters",
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        "lycanthrope, used with animal names to indicate a person who changes shape into that animal."
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          "english": "were",
          "word": "wer"
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        {
          "alt": "weregild",
          "word": "wergeld"
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          "word": "werewolf"
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          "word": "world"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "rén",
          "sense": "man",
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            "suffix"
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          "word": "人"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "man",
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          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "man",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "weer"
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "man",
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          "sense": "man",
          "word": "人間"
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          "roman": "saram",
          "sense": "man",
          "word": "사람"
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          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "man",
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          "sense": "man",
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            "feminine"
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      "word": "weer"
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      "sense": "man",
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