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n. (context mythology science fiction fantasy English) a person or other being capable of changing their physical form
Usage examples of "shape-shifter".
During that infernal submersion among demonry, the pair acquired the friendship-till-death of the shape-shifter Gildmirth of Sordon, whom they set at liberty from durance in that vile abyss.
I can't read the minds of shape-shifters or werewolves with any consistency.
Though I understand there's a contingent of shape-shifters and Weres who wants to change things, the fact of their existence still remains a secret.
They're shape-shifters by definition, but they're the only ones who have their own separate society, and they will not allow anyone else to be called "Were" in their hearing.
Despite their theoretical versatility, Sam had told me that shape-shifters most often changed to the same animal every time, some creature they had a special affinity for.
If I could believe in vampires and werewolves and shape-shifters, it was not too far a stretch to believe in witches.
As I was drifting off, I wondered how the other shape-shifters had fared.
Druids and shape-shifters make their way in the world by deceiving others.
The Morgawr’s Mwellrets, shape-shifters of a sort, were prowling about your home in Jentsen Close.
He sat dazed and helpless on the ground, the shape-shifters all around him, a wall of animal stink and fetid breath, dark shadows and glittering eyes.
He could hear the rustle of the shape-shifters, the movement of their bodies, but he could not bring himself to look at them.
Perhaps it was his encounter with the shape-shifters that left him feeling as if no harm could come to him in the mountains.
The chance at life that the shape-shifters gave you when you were attacked by the caull is the same chance you must give Grianne.
The Morgawr's Mwellrets, shape-shifters of a sort, were prowling about your home in Jentsen Close.
They did not have the look of the shape-shifters she knew to have taken her.