A person or being having the character of a wolf; one of a cruel, ferocious, or rapacious disposition. In early use applied esp. to the Devil or…

figurative (chiefly after biblical usage; cf. Revelation v. 5). In a bad sense: A fiercely cruel, tyrannical or ‘devouring’ creature or person.

A man who is wild, in various senses of the adjective. A man of rough, savage, fierce, or unruly nature or character (cf. wild, adj. 6 7).

figurative (or heraldically) applied to persons.

A fell person or animal. Obsolete.

transferred and figurative. Applied to one who or that which in some way resembles or suggests a tiger. A person of fierce, cruel, rapacious, or…

figurative. A person or thing likened to a centaur, or regarded as resembling a centaur in some way. A fierce, savage, or bestial creature. Obsolete.

One who behaves like a wolf; a ravenous or savage creature.

figurative; also in to speak bandog and Bedlam: i.e. furiously and madly.

figurative. A person of a vile and rapacious disposition.

A fierce-looking fellow.

A man resembling a tiger in ferocity, rapacity, etc.

figurative. A person supposed to resemble a Tartar in disposition; a rough and violent or irritable and intractable person.

transferred. Applied to a cruel, treacherous, and rapacious person; one that resembles the hyena in some of its repulsive habits.

As the type of a rough and fierce fellow.

transferred. A person of a malignant and loathsome character, esp. one who preys ruthlessly upon others; a vile and cruel exactor or extortioner…

Also with lower-case initial. A person who wilfully or recklessly destroys or spoils something; spec. a person who produces inferior literature or…

figurative. A fierce, powerful, or elusive person or thing.