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Definitions for Vampire
[1] a preternatural being, commonly believed to be a reanimated corpse, that is said to suck the blood of sleeping persons at night.
[2] (in Eastern European folklore) a corpse, animated by an undeparted soul or demon, that periodically leaves the grave and disturbs the living, until it is exhumed and impaled or burned.
[3] a person who preys ruthlessly upon others; extortionist.
[4] a woman who unscrupulously exploits, ruins, or degrades the men she seduces.
[5] an actress noted for her roles as an unscrupulous seductress: the vampires of the silent movies.
[6] (in European folklore) a corpse that rises nightly from its grave to drink the blood of the living
[7] See vampire bat
[8] a person who preys mercilessly upon others, such as a blackmailer
[9] See vamp 1 (def. 1)
[10] theatre a trapdoor on a stage
Words related to Vampire
beast, villain, monster, phantom, devil, demon, soul, shadow, specter, vision, parasite, sponge, freeloader, tick, leech, extortioner, visitor, haunt, bogeyman, bogey
Words nearby Vampire
vambrace, vamoose, vamose, vamp, vamphorn, vampire, vampire bat, vampires, vampirism, vamplate, van
Origin of Vampire
1725–35; (< F) < German Vampir < Serbo-Croatian vàmpīr, alteration of earlier upir (by confusion with doublets such as vȁzdūh, ȕzdūh air (< Slavic vŭ- ), and with intrusive nasal, as in dùbrava, dumbrȁva grove); akin to Czech upír, Polish upiór, Old Russian upyrĭ, upirĭ, (Russian upýrʾ ) < Slavic *u-pirĭ or *ǫ-pirĭ, probably a deverbal compound with *per- fly, rush (literal meaning variously interpreted)
Other words from Vampire
vam·pir·ic [vam-pir -ik] /væmˈpɪr ɪk/ , vam·pir·ish [vam -pahyuh r-ish] /ˈvæm paɪə r ɪʃ/ , adjective
Word origin for Vampire
C18: from French, from German Vampir, from Magyar; perhaps related to Turkish uber witch, Russian upyr vampire
Synonyms for Vampire
extortioner, freeloader, leech, parasite, sponge, tick, sanguisuge