Noun: ghoul goo(-u)l
- An evil spirit or ghost
"The abandoned house was said to be haunted by ghouls"
- Someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection
"In the 19th century, ghouls supplied cadavers to medical schools";
- graverobber, body snatcher
Derived forms: ghouls
Type of: evil spirit, stealer, thief
Encyclopedia: Ghoul, Goblin