ˈgül noun
( -s )
Etymology: Arabic ghūl, from ghāla to seize
1. : a legendary evil being held to rob graves and feed on corpses
they are neither man nor woman, they are neither brute nor human; they are ghouls — E.A.Poe
2. : one resembling or suggestive of a ghoul
that glamour ghoul , the lanky young witch with the chalk-white skin and the hearse-black gown and locks — John Mason Brown
specifically : one who preys upon the dead