Ghoul (band)
WordNet
noun
(1) An evil spirit or ghost
(2) Someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection
WiktionaryText
Etymology
Persian — an imaginary sylvan demon, supposed to devour men and animals. Cognate to Arabic and French , and to English .
Noun
- A spirit said to feed on corpses.
- 1927 — H.P. Lovecraft, Pickman's Model
- The other chamber had shown a pack of ghouls and witches over-running the world of our forefathers, but this one brought the horror right into our own daily life!.
- 1927 — H.P. Lovecraft, Pickman's Model
- A graverobber; a person with an undue interest in death and corpses.