vampire

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  1. noun A reanimated corpse that is believed to rise from the grave at night to suck the blood of sleeping people.
  2. noun A person, such as an extortionist, who preys upon others.
  3. noun A vampire bat.

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  • ‘Shakespeare is my life’s work, but the legend of the vampire is my hobby. —  The Historian
  • But the vampire was already in the air, descending in a great looping arc toward the pair. —  F ;SF; - vol 100 issue 02 - February 2001
  • The appropriate age for a vampire is four hundred years old—he should be a world-weary and sophisticated creature, his human anxieties long since overcome or evolved into macabre perversions. —  Christopher Moore - You Suck
  • Knows that you're my sire—that's what they call the vampire who made you. —  Christopher Moore - You Suck
  • The statue of Eros looked more like a vampire, and I thought I saw some shadows move beneath it as I passed, a huddle of junkies or a bag lady with a shopping trolley. —  F ;SF; - vol 091 issue 02 - August 1996
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  1. French, from German Vampir, of Slavic origin.

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  1. Formerly also vampyre; from French vampire = Spanish Portuguese vampiro = Dutch vampier = German vampyr = Swedish Danish vampyr (New Latin vampyrus), from Servian vampir = Bulgarian vampir, vapir, vepir, vupir = Polish wampir, also upior = Little Russian vampyr, vepyr, vopyr, opyr, upyr, opir, uper = White Russian upir = Russian vampiru, also upirĭ, npyrĭ, obyrĭ (the Polish wampir, Russian vampirŭ, apparently from Servian), a vampire; cf. North Turkish uber, a witch.
 

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/ˈvæmpaɪr/
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