ghoul

Definition of Ghoul in English :

someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection

2. ghoul

an evil spirit or ghost

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Ghoul

noun

1.

a malevolent spirit or ghost

2.

a person interested in morbid or disgusting things

3.

a person who robs graves

4.

(in Muslim legend) an evil demon thought to eat human bodies, either stolen corpses or children

noun

1. Folklore

an evil spirit that robs graves and feeds on the flesh of the dead

2.

a person who robs graves

3.

a person who derives pleasure from loathsome acts or things

n.

1. An evil spirit or demon in Muslim folklore believed to plunder graves and feed on corpses.

2. In popular folklore, an undead or subhuman being, especially one that eats human flesh.

3. A grave robber.

4. One who delights in the revolting, morbid, or loathsome.